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Wednesday 4th. August 1806

Musquetors excessively troublesom so much so that the
men complained that they could not work at their Skins for
those troublesom insects. and I find it entirely impossible to
hunt in the bottoms, those insects being so noumerous and
tormenting as to render it imposseable for a man to continue
in the timbered lands and our best retreat from those insects
is on the Sand bars in the river and even those Situations are
only clear of them when the Wind Should happen to blow
which it did to day for a fiew hours in the middle of the day.
the evenings nights and mornings they are almost [un]indureable
perticularly by the party with me who have no Bears
[biers] to keep them off at night, and nothing to Screen them
but their blankets which are worn and have maney holes. The
torments of those Missquetors and the want of a Suffice[n]cy
of Buffalow meat to dry, those animals not to be found in this
neighbourhood induce me to deturmine to proceed on to a
more eliagiable Spot on the Missouri below at which place the
Musquetors will be less troublesom and Buffalow more plenty.
I will here observe that Elk is abundant but their flesh & fat
is hard to dry in the sun, and when dry is much easi[e]r
spoiled than either the Buffalow or Deer) I ordered the
Canoes to be reloaded with our baggage & dryed meat which
had been saved on the Rochejhone together with the Elk
killed at this place. wrote a note to Capt Lewis informing
him of my intentions and tied it to a pole which I had stuck

up in the point. At 5 P.M. Set out and proceeded on down
to the 2d. point which appeared to be an eligable Situation for
my purpose [killed a porcupine] on this point the Musquetors
were so abundant that we were tormented much worst
than at the point. The child of Shabono has been so much
bitten by the Musquetors that his face is much puffed up &
Swelled. I encamped on this extensive Sand bar which is on
the N W. Side.

Thursday 5th. August 1806

The Musquetors was so troublesom to the men last night
that they slept but very little, indeed they were excessive
troublesom to me. my Musquetor Bear has a number of
small holes worn through [which] they pass in. I set out at
an early hour intending to proceed to some other Situation. I
had not proceded on far before I saw a ram of the big horn
animal near the top of a Lard. Bluff I assended the hill with a
view to kill the ram. the Musquetors was so noumerous that
I could not keep them off my gun long enough to take sight
and by that means Missed. at 10 A.M. the wind rose with a
gentle breeze from the N.W. which in some measure thinned
the Musquetors. I landed on a sand bar from the South
Point intending to form a Camp at this place and continue
untill Capt Lewis should arive. killed two Buck Elks and a
Deer the best of their flesh & fat I had saved. had all the
dryed meat & fat put out to sun and continued at this place
untill late in the evening finding that there were no buffalow
or fresh sign I deturmined to proceed on accordingly set out
at 4 P. M and proceeded on but a fiew Miles eer I saw a Bear
of the white Species walking on a Sand bar. I with one man
went on the Sand bear and killed the Bear which proved to be
a feemale very large and fat. much the fattest animale we
have killed on the rout as this bear had got into the river
before we killed her I had her toed across to the South Side
under a high Bluff where [we] formed a Camp, had the bear
Skined and fleaced. our Situation was exposed to a light
breeze of wind which continued all the forepart of the night
from the S W. and blew away the Musquetors.

Friday 6th. August 1806

I rose very wet. about 11 P M last night the wind become
very hard for a fiew minits suckceeded by Sharp lightning and
hard claps of Thunder and rained for about 2 hours very hard
after which it continued Cloudy the balance of the night. as
we were about Setting out a female Bighorn animal came on
the bluff imediately above us and looked down. I derected
Labeech to shoot it which he did, after skinning this animal
we set out and proceeded on to a Sand bar on the S W. side
below the enterance of White earth river where I landed and
had the meat skins and bedding all put out to dry. wind hard
from the N W. I halted on the N W. side of this river in
the bend above White earth river, where I saw the Indians
had been digging a root which they eate and use in Suip,
(Soup) not more than 7 or 8 days past. This morning a very
large Bear of [the] white Species, discovered us floating in the
water and takeing us, as I prosume to be Buffalow imediately
plunged into the river and prosued us. I directed the men to
be still. this animal Came within about 40 yards of us, and
tacked. about. we all fired into him without killing him, and
the wind so high that we could not pursue hi[m], by which
means he made his escape to the shore badly wounded. I
have observed buffalow floating down which I suppose must
have been drounded in crossing above. more or less of those
animals drown or mire in passing this river. I observed several
floating buffalow on the R. Rochejhone imediately below
where large gangues had crossed. The wind blew hard all the
after part of the day. I derected the men to dress their skins
except one which I took with me and walkd. through the bottom
the foot of the hills I killed five deer and the man
with me killed 2. four others were killed in the course of the
day by the party only 2 of those deer were fat owing as I
suppose to the Musquetors which are so noumerous and
troublesom to them that they cannot feed except under the
torments of millions of those Musquetors.

Saturday 7th. August 1806

Some hard rain this morning after daylight which wet us all.
I formed a Sort of Camped and delayed untill 11 A. M. when
it stoped raining for a short time. I directed everything put
on board and proceeded on down. the rain continued at intervales
all day tho' not hard in the evening saw a Bear on the
bank but could not get a Shoot at it. at 6 P M. I landed on
a Sand bar on the South Side and Campd. Soon after we
landed the wind blew very hard for about 2 hours, when it
lulled a little. the air was exceedingly clear and cold and not
a musquetor to be seen, which is a joyfull circumstance to the
Party.

Sunday 8th. of August 1806

A cool windey morning I derected Shields and Gibson to
turn out and hunt this morning. at 8 A.M. Sergt. N. Pryor
Shannon, hall & Windsor came down the river in two canoes
made of Buffalow Skins. Sergt. Pryor informed me that the
second night after he parted with me on the river Rochejhone
he arived about 4 P.M. on the banks of a large creek which
contained no running water. he halted to let the horses graze
dureing which time a heavy shower of rain raised the creek so
high that several horses which had stragled across the chanel
of this creek was obliged to Swim back. here he deturmined
to continue all night it being in good food for the horses. In
the morning he could see no horses. in look.g about their
Camp they discovered Several tracks within 100 paces of their
Camp, which they pursued found where they had caught and
drove off all the horses. they prosued on five miles the
Indians there divided into two parties. they Continued in
pursute of the largest party five miles further finding that
there was not the Smallest chance of overtakeing them, they
returned to their camp and packed up their baggage on their
backs and Steared a N.E. course to the River Rochejhone
which they Struck at pompys Tower, there they killed a Buffalow
Bull and made a canoe (Shannon killed Bufl & made a Canoe)
in the form and shape of the mandans & Ricares (the form of
a bason) and made in the following manner. Viz: 2 Sticks

of 1 1/4 inch diameter is tied together so as to form a round
hoop of the size you wish the canoe, or as large as the Skin
will allow to cover, two of those hoops are made one for the top
or brim and the [other] for the bottom the deabth you wish
the canoe, then Sticks of the same size are crossed at right
angles and fastened with a throng to each hoop and also where
each Stick crosses each other. then the Skin when green is
drawn tight over this fraim and fastened with throngs to the
brim or outer hoop so as to form a perfect bason. one of
those canoes will carry 6 or 8 Men and their loads.[68] Those
two canoes are nearly the same size 7 feet 3 inches diameter &
16 inches deep 15 ribs or cross Sticks in each. Sergt. Pryor
informs me that the cause of his building two Canoes was for
fear of one meating with some accedent in passing down the
rochejhone a river entirely unknown to either of them by
which means they might loose their guns and amunition and
be left entirely destitute of the means of precureing food. he
informed me that they passed through the worst parts of the
rapids & Shoals in the river without takeing a drop of water,
and waves raised from the hardest winds dose not effect them.
on the night of the 26th. ulto: the night after the horses had
been stolen a Wolf bit Sergt. Pryor through his hand when
asleep, and this animal was so vicious as to make an attempt
to seize Windsor, when Shannon fortunately Shot him. Sergt.
Pryers hand has nearly recovered. The country through
which St. Pryor Passed after he parted with me is a broken
open country. he passed one Small river which I have called
Pryors river which (rises) in a Mtn. to the South of Pompys
tower. The note I left on a pole at the Mouth of the River
Rochejhone Sergt. Pryor concluding that Capt Lewis had passed
took the note and brought it with him. Capt. Lewis I expect
will be certain of my passing by the Sign which I have
made and the encampment imediately in the point. Sergt.
Pryor being anxious to overtake me Set out some time before
day this morning and forgot his Saddlebags which contains his
papers &c. I Sent Bratten back with him in serch of them.
I also sent Shannon over to hunt the bottom on the opposit
Side. Shields and Gibson returned at 10 A.M. with the Skins
and part of the flesh of three deer which they had killed in this
bottom. I derected them to take one of the Skin Canoes and
proceed down to the next bottom and [hunt] untill my arival
which will be this evening if Sergt. Pryor returns in time. My
object is to precure as many skins as possible for the purpose
of purchaseing Corn and Beans of the Mandans. as we have
now no article of Merchandize nor horses to purchase with, our
only resort is Skins which those people were very fond [of]
the winter we were Stationed near them. after dark Sergt. Pryor
returned with his Saddlebeggs &c. they were much further
up than he expected.

Monday 9th. August 1806

a heavy dew this morning. loaded the canoes and proceeded
on down about 6 miles and landed at the Camp of the 2 hunters
Shields and Gibson whome I had sent down to hunt last evening,
they had killed five deer two of which were in good order
which they brought in. here I took brackfast and proceeded
on a fiew miles and I walked on Shore across a point of near
10 miles in extent in this bottom which was mostly open I
saw some fiew deer and Elk. I killed 3 of the deer which
were Meagure the Elk appeared fat. I did not kill any of
them as the distance to the river was too great for the men to
carry the meat at the lower part of this bottom a large creek
of running water 25 yds wide falls in which meanders through
an open roleing plain of great extent. in the low bottoms of
this Creek I observed some timber Such as Cottonwood, ash
& Elm. on my arival at the lower part of the bottom found
that the canoes had been in waiting for me nearly two hours.
The Squaw brought me a (1800 Miles up the Missouri I found a)
large and well flavoured Goose berry of a rich crimsin colour,
and [a] deep purple berry of the large Cherry of the Current
Species which is common on this river as low as the Mandans,
the engagees call it the Indian Current. I landed opposit to
a high plain on the S.E. side late in the evening and walked
in a Grove of timber where I met with an Elk which I killed.

this Elk was the largest Buck I ever Saw and the fattest animal
which have been killed on the rout. I had the flesh and fat
of this Elk brough to Camp and cut thin ready to dry. the
hunters killed nothing this evening.

Tuesday 10th: August 1806 (1800 Mile up Missouri)

had the flesh of the elk hung on poles to dry, and sent out
all the hunters. wind blew hard from the East all day. in
the after part of the day it was (cloudy) & a fiew drops of rain.
I finished a copy of my Sketches of the River Rochejhone.
Shields killed a black tail deer & an antilope. the other
hunters killed nothing. deer are very Scerce on this part of
the river. I found a Species of Chery in the bottom the
s[h]rub or bush [of] which are different from any which I have
ever Seen and not very abundant even in this Small tract of
country to which it seems to be confined. the Stem is compound
erect and subdivided or branching without any regular
order. it rises to the hight of 8 or 10 feet seldom putting out
more than one Stem from the same root not growing in cops
as the choke cherry does, the bark is Smooth and of a dark
brown colour. the leaf is petialate, oval accutely pointed at it's
apex, from 1 and a 1/4 to one and a 1/2 inch in length and from
a half to 3/4 of an inch in wedth, finely or Manutely Serrate,
pale green and free from pubessance. The fruit is a globular
berry about the Size of a buck Shot of a fine Scarlet red; like
the cherries cultivated in the U. States each is supported by a
Seperate celindric flexable branch peduncle which issues from
the extremities of the boughs. the peduncle of this cherry
Swells as it approaches the fruit being largest at the point of
insertion. the pulp of this fruit is of an agreeable ascid flavour
and is now ripe. the Style and Stigma are permanent. I have
never Seen it in blume. it is found on the high Stiff lands
or hill Sides. the men dug great parcel of the root which the
Nativs call Hankee and the engagees the white apple[69] which they

boiled and made use of with their meat. This is a large insipid
root and very tasteless. the nativs use the root after it
is dry and pounded in their Scup.

Wednesday 11th. August 1806

I set out early this morning, at 10 A. M. landed on a Sand
bar and brackfast dureing brackfast and my delay at this
place which was 2 hours had the Elk meat exposed to the Sun.
at Meridian I set out and had not proceeded more than 2
miles before I observed a canoe near the Shore. I derected
the canoes to land here I found two men from the illinoies
Jos. Dixon, and [blank space in MS.] Handcock those men
are on a trapping expedition up the River Rochejhone. They
inform me that they left the Illinois in the Summer 1804.
the last winter they Spent with the Tetons in company with
a Mr. Coartong (Qu: Ceautoin) who brought up goods to trade
The tetons robed him of the greater part of the goods and
wounded this Dixon in the leg with a hard wad. The Tetons
gave Mr. Coartong some new robes for the articles they took
from him. Those men further informed me that they met the
Boat and party we Sent down from Fort Mandan near the
Kanzas river on board of which was a chief of the Ricaras, that
he met the Yankton chiefs with Mr. Deurion, McClellen &
Several other traders on their way down. that the Mandans
and Menitarrais wer at war with the Ricaras and had killed two
of the latter. the Assinniboins were also at war with the
Mandans &c. and had prohibited the N W. traders from comeing
to the Missouri to trade. they have latterly killed one
Trader near the Mous River and are now in wait for Mr.
Mc. Kenzey one of the Clerks who have been for a long time
with Menetarras.[70] Those dificulties if true will I fear be a bar
to our expectations of having the Mandan Minetarra & Ricara
chief to acompany us to the U. States. Tho we shall endeaver
to bring about a peace between Mandans Mennetarres &
Ricaras and provail on some of their Chiefs to accompany us
to the U. States proceeded on to a point on the S W Side

nearly opposit the enterance of Goat pen creek[71] and encamped
found the Musquetors excessively troublesom.

Thursday 12.th August 1806

I set out early this morning and had not proceeded on far
before Shannon discovered he had lost his Tomahk. I derected
him to land his Skin Canoe and go back to our camp of last
night in serch of it, and proceeded on my self with the two
wood and one Skin canoe to a large bottom on the N E. Side
above the head of Jins (Qu: an) island and landed to take
brackfast as well as to delay untill Shannon & Gibson should
arive. Sent out Shields & Labiech to hunt deer in the bottom,
at 2 P. M. Shannon and gibson arived having found the toma-hawk
at our camp. they killed 3 Elk &c. one of the canoes
of Buffalow Skin by accident got a hole peirced in her of about
6 inches diameter. I derected two of the men to patch the
canoe with a piece of Elk skin over the hole, which they did
and it proved all sufficient, after which the Canoe did not leak
one drop. The two hunters returned without haveing killed
any thing. at Meridian Capt Lewis hove in Sight with the
party which went by way of the Missouri as well as that which
accompanied him from Travellers rest on Clarks river; I was
alarmed on the landing of the Canoes to be informed that
Capt. Lewis was wounded by an accident. I found him lying in
the Perogue, he informed me that his wound was slight and
would be well in 20 or 30 days this information relieved me
very much. I examined the wound and found it a very bad
flesh wound the ball had passed through the fleshey part of his
left thy below the hip bone and cut the cheek of the right buttock
for 3 inches in length and the debth of the ball. Capt. L.
informed me the accident happened the day before by one of
the men "Peter Crusat misstaking him in the thick bushes to be
an Elk. Capt Lewis with this Crusat and several other men
were out in the bottom Shooting of Elk, and had Scattered in

a thick part of the woods in pursute of the Elk. Crusat seeing
Capt L. passing through the bushes and taking him to be an
Elk from the colour of his cloathes which were of leather and
very nearly that of the Elk fired and unfortunately the ball
passed through the thy as aforesaid. Capt. Lewis thinking it
indians who had Shot him hobbled to the canoes as fast as
possible and was followed by Crusat, the Mistake was then
discovered. This Crusat is near Sighted and has the use of but
one eye, he is an attentive industrious man and one whome we
both have placed the greatest confidence in dureing the whole
rout. After Capt. Lewis and myself parted at Trevellers rest,
he with the Indians proceeded down the West Side of Clarks
river seven miles and crossed on rafts 2 miles below the East
fork 120 yards wide, after crossing the river he proceeded
up the North Side of the east fork and encampd. here the Indians
left him and proceeded down Clarks river in Serch of
Tushepaws an Indian man came up with Capt L. from the W.
of the mountains and proceeded on with those who had accompanied
us Capt L. proceeded up the E. fork of Clarks river
17 M8. to the enterance of Cokahlarishkit river or the river to
[the] buffalow, he proceeded up on the North Side of this
river which is 60 yards wide crossing several small streams and
the N. fork, passing over part of the dividing mountain onto
the waters of Dearbourns river in the plains and in a Derection
to the N. extremity of Easte range of rocky mountains which
pass the Missouri at the pine Island Rapid. from thence he
bore his course to the N E untill he Struck Meadicin river
near where that river Enters the rocky Mts and proceeded down
Medicine river to the Missouri at the white bear Islands at the
upper part of the portage. this rout is a very good one tho
not the most derect rout, the most derect rout would be to
proceed up the Missouri above Dearborns river and take
a right hand road & fall on a South branch of the Cokatlarishkit
R. and proceed down that river to the main road but the
best rout would be from the falls of the Missouri by fort
mountain and passing the N. extremity of that range of the
Rocky Mountains which pass the Missouri at the pine Island
rapid Course nearly S.W. and to the gap through which the
great road passes the dividing Mountain the distance from
the falls to this gap about 45 Miles through a tolerable leavel
plain on an old indian road. and the distance from thence to
Clarks river is 105 miles The total distance from the falls of
the Missouri to Clarks river is only 150 miles of a tolerable
road Capt L. arived at the white Bear Islands and encampd. on
the West Side of the Missouri and in the morning he discovered
that the Indians had taken of[f] seven of his best
horses, drewyer prosued the indians two day's on the rout
towards Clarks river. he Saw their camp on Dearborns river
near the road on which Capt. Lewis & party come on by a place
where they had left only one or two day[s] at this encampment
he Saw great appearance of horses on the return of
Drewyer Capt L. took Drewyer & the 2 fieldses & proceeded
on his intended rout up Marias river leaving Sergt. Gass, Thompson,
Frazier, Werner, Mc Neal & Goodrich at the portage to
prepare Geer and repar the wheels & carrage against the arival
of the canoes and he also left 4 horses for the purpose of hauling
the canoes across. The canoes arrived on the 16th, and on
the 26th. they had all except one across, the Plains becom so
muddy from the emence rains which had fallen, that they could
not get her over the portage. on the 28th. they joined Capt.
Lewis at the Grog Spring a fiew miles above the enterance of
Marias river. From the Falls of Missouri Capt. L. proceeded
on with Drewyer & the 2 fieldses—

Cours[e]s 17th July

 

N.10°. W.

20

Miles from the Great falls of the Missouri to rose river through an open fertile plain.

18th July

     

N.25°. W.	7	miles to the Sourse of Buffalow Creek, passing a dividing ridge dividing the waters of Marrias river from rose river at 6 miles Country hilly &c.
N.15°. W.	12	Miles down Buffalow Creek here the timber commences creek 25 Yds wide no running water.
North	5	Miles to Marias river 130 yards wide 3 feet deep. here Capt Lewis encamped the 18th July 1806

[19th July]

 

N.80°. W.

20

Miles up Marias river on its North Side passed a large creek on the South Side with some timber in it's vally at 8 miles also another large creek on the N. Side at 15 Miles 30 yards wide with but little water.

July 20th.

 

S.80°. W.

28

Miles with the river in it's course upwds. on it's N. Side river 120 Yds wide, passed a creek on South Side at 6 Miles, one at 22 miles on the N. side the last has no water, some little timber, the Genl. course of this river is very Streight its Vally ½ M. wide.

July 21st

           

S.80°. W.	15	Miles to the forks of the river the Main Southern branch bears S.75°. W. about 30 Miles to the rocky Mountains.
N.40°. W.	6	Miles up the North branch 30 yds wd. confined close between clifts of rock, shallow, rapid and not navagable.
N.25° W.	7	Miles up the North fork, hills broken & pore.
N.30°. W.	7	M. up the river, water transparent.
S.80°. W.	10	M. through the plains the river makeing a considerable bend to the right or N W.
S.75°. W.	11	M. through the plains on the N. Side of the river which here made a considerable bend to the left or S. haveing passed the river twice.

here Capt Lewis Continued the 23rd. 24th. & 25th of July to
make Some celestial observations but the weather proved So
Cloudy that he only made the following observations on the
23rd. of July

   

Observed Meridian Altd. of ☉5. L. L. with	° ′ ″
Octant by the back observation	—62.00.00.

Latitude deduced from this observation [blank space in MS.]
observed equal altitudes of the Sun with the Sextant.

       

	h	m	s		h	m	s
A.M	7.	40	57	PM	4.	32.	40.	altitude of ☉
	".	42.	30		".	33.	13	° ′ ″
	".	43.	5		".	34.	43	56. 8.45

on the 26th of July Capt. Lewis set out on his return to the
enterance of Marias river to meet with the party with the
Canoes from the falls. his course was through the plains.

S.E. 5 Miles—passing a small Creek from the Mts..

S.70° E. 9 Miles to a principal branch of Marias River
65 yards wide not very deep at 7 Mile. this last branch is
Shallow and rapid about the size of the former from the S. W.
both of those Streams contain a great preportion of timber
here we find the 3 Species of Cotton before mentioned.

N.80°. E. 4 Miles down Marias river and Met with 8 Indians
of the Blackfoot nation with about 30 horses, those
Indians professed friendship and Set out with him and encamped
together the night of the night of the 26th. of July,
they informed him that there was two large bands of their
nation in that quarter one of which would be at the enterance
of Marias river in a fiew days. they also informed that a
french Trader was with one of those bands, that they traded
with the white people on the Suskashwen River at 6 easy days
march or about 150 miles distant from whome they precured
Guns Powder Lead blankets & in exchange for wolf and
beaver Skins. Capt Lewis gave them a Flag Meadel & Handkerchief.
Capt. L. informed those Indians where he was from
& where he had been and his objects & friendly views &c. of
which they appeared to be well satisfied.

on the morning of the 27th. at day light the indians got up
and crouded around the fire, Jo. Field who was on post had
carelessly laid his gun down behind him near where his brother
was sleeping. one of the Indians Slipd. behind him and took
his gun and that of his brother unperceived by him, at the
Same instant two others advanced and Seized the guns of
Drewyer and Capt Lewis who were yet asleep. Jo. Fields seeing
this turned about to take his gun and saw the fellow running
off with his and his brothers, he called to his brother who
instantly jumped up and prosued the indian with him whome
they overtook at the distance of 50 or 60 paces Seized their
guns and rested them from him and R. Field as he Seized his
gun stabed the indian to the heart with his knife who fell dead;
(this Capt L. did not know untill some time after. drewyer

who awoke at the first alarm jumped up and Seized & rested
his gun from the indian &c. Capt L. awoke and asked what
was the matter, Seeing Drewyer in a scuffle for his gun he
turned to get his gun and found her gorn, he drew a pistol
from his holsters and prosued the Indian whom he saw in possession
of his gun making off he presented the pistol and the
indian lay down the gun. the two Fields came up and drew
up to shoot the Indian which Capt L. forbid the indians then
attempted to drive off all the horses. Capt L. derected the
men to fire on them if they attempted to drive off the horses,
and prosued two fellows who continued to drive of[f] his horses
he Shot the Indian who had taken his gun and [was] then in
possession of his horse through the belly, he fell and raised
on his elbow and fired at Capt L. the other made his escape
into a nitch out of Sight with his bow and arrows and as Capt L.
guns was empty and he without his Shot pouch, he returnd. to
the Camp where the 2 fields and Drewyer joined him having
prosued the indians across the river the[y] were now in
possession of the most of their own as well as the indian
horses and a gun several bows & arrows and all the indians
baggage the gun & some feathers and flag they took and burnt
all the other articles. and Saddled up a[s] many of the best
horses as they wished with Some Spear horses, and Set out for
to intersept the party at Marias river and poeceded on a little
to the S. of East 112 Miles to the Missouri at the Grog Spring.
here they met with Canoes and party decending joined them
leaving their horses on the river bank, and proceeded on to
the enterance of Marias river opened the deposits, found
Several articles damaged. 3 Beaver traps could not be found,
the red perogue unfit for Service, from thence they proceeded
without delay to the River Rochejhone see cources of Capt
Lewis rout in next book.

at 2 P.M. Shannon & Gibson arrived in the Skin canoe with
the Skins and the greater part of the flesh of 3 Elk which they
had killed a fiew miles above. the two men Dixon & Handcock
the two men we had met above came down intending to
proceed on down with us to the Mandans. at 3 P M we proceeded
on all together haveing left the 2 leather canoes on the

bank, a little below the enterance of Shabonos Creek[72] we
came too on a large Sand point from the S.E. Side and Encamped.
the wind blew very hard from the S W. and Some
rain. I washed Capt L. wound which has become Sore and
Somewhat painfull to him.