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Sept. 12th. Wednesday 1804—

A Dark Cloudy Day the wind hard from the N. W. We
Passed (1) a Island in the middle of the river at the head of
which we found great dificuelty in passing between the Sand
bars the Water Swift and Shallow, it took 3/4 of the day to
make one mile, we Camped on the L. S. opsd. a Village of
Barking Prarie Squirels

I walked out in the morn:g and Saw Several Villages of
those little animals, also a great number of Grous & 3 Foxes,
and observed Slate & Coal Mixed, Some verry high hills on
each Side of the river. rain a little all day.


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Course Distance and refferences Septr. 13th.

             
N. 45°. E.  1 1/2  Mls. on the L. S. a Sand bar Makeing out. 
N. 30°. E.  Ml. on the L. Side. 
N. 60°. W.  Ml. on the L. S. to a Clift. 
N. 64°. W.  2 3/4  Mls. on the L. S. to the Commencement of a wood
passing under a Bluff of Slate & Coal, & a Sand
bar opposit. 
North  1 3/4  Mls. to a pt. of high Land on the S. S. passd. Sand bars
on both Sides, Shallow 
N. 10°. W.  Mls. to the lower pt. of a timber passing under a Bluff,
a Sand & Willow Island on the L. S. 
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