13th. Septr. Thursday
1804—
A Dark drizzley Day, G. D. Cought 4 Beaver last night
the wind from the NW. Cold Set out early and proceeded
on verry
well, passed a number of Sand bars, Capt. Lewis
Killed
a Porcupin on a Cotton tree feeding on the leaves &
bowers [boughs
—[Ed.] of the said tree, the water is verry
Shallow (in places) being Crowded with Sand bars
Camped
on the S. Side under a Bluff. the Bluff on the S. S. not so
much impregnated with mineral as on the L. S. Muskeetors
verry
troublesom.
Course Distance and
refurences Sept. 14
| N. 68°.
W. |
2 3/4 |
Mls. to a pt. of high Land on the L. S. passd. a round
Island on the S. S. |
| S. 70°.
W. |
2 1/2 |
Mls. to a tree in the
pt. on the L. S. passed the Mo.
of a run on the L.
S. |
| N. 4°. W. |
2 1/2 |
Mls. to the mouth of a Small Creek[25]
on the bend to
the L. S. |
| N. 10° E. |
1
1/4 |
Mls. to to the Mouth of a Creek on the L.
S. passed
a bad Sand
bar. |
|
9 |
|
