4th September Tuesday 1804.—
a verry Cold Wind from the S. S. E. we Set out early and
proceeded on [to] the Mouth of a Small Creek in a bend to
the L. S.
Called White lime, at 1 1/2 Miles higher up passed a
large Creek on the L.
S. Called R. au Platte or White
Paint[17]
between those two Creeks (the latter of which is abt.
30 yds.
Wide) we passed under a Bluff of red Ceeder,
at 4 Mls.. 1/2
passed the mouth of the River Que Courre (rapid R) on the
L.
S. and Came to a Short distance above, this River is 152
yards Wide at the Mouth & 4 feet Deep Throwing out
Sands
like the Platt, (only Corser) forming bars in its mouth. I
went up this river three Miles to a butifull Plain on the upper
Side
where the Panias once had a Village this River widens
above its mouth and
is divided by sands and Islands, the
Current verry rapid, not navagable
for evin Canoes without
Great dificuelty owing to its Sands; the colour
like that of
the Plat is light, the heads of this river is not known [
in the
Black Mountns & waters a
hilly country of indifferent soil] it
coms into the Missourie from
the S. W. by West, and I am
told that i[t]s Gen
1.
Course Some distance up is parrelel with
the Missourie.
Course Dists & refrs. the 4th of Septr.
S. 5°. W. |
1
1/2 |
Ml. to the Mo. of a Creek on the L. S.
below a Ceeder
Clift. |
S. 35°. |
1
1/2 |
Mls. to the Mo. of White Paint River on the
L. S.
Passing under a Ceeder
Clift. |
West |
3 |
Mls. to the Upper pt. of Wood on the L. S.
opsd. a Bluff
of bluish Clay, a Sd. bar L. S. |
N. 72°
W. |
1 1/4 |
Mls. to a Mound on the L.
S. a Bluff on the S. S.
several Sand bars in the
river |
West |
3/4 |
Ml. to the Mouth of the river Que Courre
on the L. S.
the hills leave the river on the S. S. river Crouded
with Sand bars, & wind
hard. |
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8 |
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[At the end of Codex B, written on the inside of the cover,
is the
following memorandum:]
U S. Due 4°
Sept.
1804
|
$ |
John Potts as p[er
Duebill |
20.5 |
Thos. P. Howard |
8.10 |
Alexander Willard |
13.55 |
☞after
this I will put the Course Destance & refferences of
each day first and remks. after.
Course Dists. & Refrs.—Septr. 5th.
N. 85°.
W. |
2 |
Mls. to a Willow pt. on the S. S. a Bluff opsd. |
N. 35°.
W. |
3 |
Mls. to a high part of a
Bluff on the S. S. a large
Isld. Called Pania Isd. in Middle of the river. |
N. 58°
W. |
3 1/2 |
to a Creek on the S. S. psd. the Isd at 1 Ml. a
Sand
bar makeing from it. Poncarar [Ponca] River opposit
on the L. S. 30 yds. |
West |
3
1/2 |
Mls. to the Lower point of a large Island
near the L.
Side (1) |
N. 70°.
W. |
1 3/4 |
Mls. to the right Side of
the Sd. Island to the head
passed a Willow Isd. & a Sand bar |
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13
3/4 |
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