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Sept. 6th. Thursday 1804.—

a Storm this morning from the N. W. which lasted a fiew
minits, we Set out and proceeded on passed the head of the
Isd. which is Seperated from the L. S. by a narrow Channel, a
hard wind from the N. W. a Verry Cold day. we camped on
the S. S. at the upper point of Some timber, Sometime before
Night, no timber, [being in reach.]

I saw Several goats[20] on the hills on the S. S. also Buffalow
in great numbers.

Course Distance & refferrences.—7th. Sept. 1804.

     
N. 60° W.  Mls. to the pt. of a Bluff on the S. S. opsd. a pt. on L. S. 
West  2 1/2  Miles to a tree in a bend to the L. S. near the foot of
a round mountain resembling a Cupola (1) passed
2 Small Islds. S. S. 
5 1/2 
 
[20]

These "goats" were antelopes (Antilocapra Americana). This animal was
new to science when discovered by Lewis and Clark in 1804, and was not technically
named until 1815.—Coues (L. and C., i, p. 109).