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Saturday 31st. of July 1806
I was much disturbed last night by the noise of the buffalow
which were about me. one gang swam the river near our
Camp which alarmed me a little for fear of their Crossing our
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Sun rise passed a rapid which I call wolf rapid from the circumstance
of one of those animals being at the rapid. here
the river approaches the high mountainous country on the
N W. Side. those hills appear to be composed of various
coloured earth and coal without much rock. I observe several
conical pounds (mounds) which appear to have been burnt.
this high country is washed into curious formed mounds &
hills and is cut much with reveens. the country again opens
and at the distance of 23 miles below the Redstone [or War
har-sah] River I landed in the enterance of a small river on
the Stard. Side 40 yards wid[e] shallow and muddy. it has
lately been very high. haveing passed the Enterance of a
River on the Lard. Side 100 yards wide which has running
water. this river I take to be the one the Menetarres Call
little wolf or Sa-a-shah River[60] The high Country is entirely
bar of timber. great quantities of Coal or carbonated wood is
to be seen in every Bluff and in the high hills at a distance on
each side. Saw more Buffalow and Elk and antilopes this
evening than usial. 18 Miles below the last river on the
Stard. Side, I passed one 60 yards wide which had running
water. this Stream I call Qak-tar-pon-er or Coal River [it] has
very steep banks on each side of it.[61] passed several large
Brooks some of them had a little running water, also Several
Islands some high black looking Bluffs and encamped on the
Stard. Side on a low point. the country like that of yesterday
is open extencive plains. as I was about landing this evening
Saw a white bear and the largest I ever saw eating a dead
buffalow on a sand bar. we fired two shot into him, he Swam
to the main Shore and walked down the bank. I landed and
fired 2 more shot into this tremendious animal without killing
him. night comeing on we could not pursue him he bled
profusely. Showers all this day.
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M | |
S.80°. E. to a Bluff in a Stard. Bend passed a Low Bluff on the Stard. Side |
1 1/2 |
N.28°. W. to a high Bluff on the Stard. Side. passed wolf rapid (not bad) |
1/2 |
N.80°. W. to a Bluff under a very high rugid hill or low Mtn. on the Lard. Side opposit a timbered point |
2 1/2 |
N.10°.E. to the enterance of a dry brook on the Lard. Side. passed under a high Bluff of different coloured earth on the Lard. Side. high prarie on the Stard. Side |
1. |
East to a Lard point at a fiew cotton wood trees | 1. |
N.55°. E. to a Lard. point passed a Stard. point at 1 mile high coal bluffs on the Lard Side |
3. |
N.45°. E. to a red bluff on the Lard. Side. passed a Std point | 1 1/2 |
East to a Stard. Bend passed two Lard and one Stard points passed a river 100 yards wide on the Lard. Side, shallow and the water muddy, low Bluffs |
6. |
N. 60°. E. to an island close to the Stard. point passed a Std point and a Lard point river narrow |
3. |
N.30°. E. to the enterance of a river in the Stard. Bend 40 yds. wide Steep coal banks on each side of this little river. about 4 feet deep & Muddy. Coal river |
2. |
N.10°. W. to a high Bluff on Lard. Side (rugid) | 1 1/2 |
East to the enterance of a brook below the Lard. Bluff. passed a Stard point. also a high Bluff on the Lard. Side laterly sliped into the river |
2 1/2 |
S. 45°. E. to a Lard. point | 1. |
N.45°. E. to the head of an island near the Stard. Side. low coal bluffs on Stard Side. passed a Brook on Stard. Side |
6 |
N.20°. E. to the enterance of a brook in the Lard Bend opposit to an island near the Stard. Side |
4 |
N.70°. E to the lower part of a Stard Bluff at the enterance of a river 60 yards wide with deep banks on each side passed a small island. river muddy & Shallow |
3. |
N.30°. W. to a Lard. Bluff opsd a Stard. point | 3. |
N. 80°. E. to the enterance of a creek below a Stard Bluff opposit to an island. passed a brook on Lard Side at 1 Mile. one on Stard at 3 miles and an island close to the Stard Side at 2 miles |
6. |
N. 12°. E. to the lower part of a Stard. Bluff in a bend opposit to an island |
3. |
N.70°. W. to the lower point of an island psd. sand bars in different parts of the river |
1 1/2 |
N.5°. W. to a single tree on a low Lard Bluff below the enterance of a Brook on the Lard. Side. Encampd. opposit on the Stard. Side[62] |
2 1/2 |
Miles | 66 |
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