16th. of
September Sunday 1804—
We Set out verry early &
proceed'd on 1 1/4 Miles between
Sand bars and Came too on the L. S. (1)
deturmoned to dry
our wet thi[n]gs and liten the boat which we found Could
not
proceed with the present load [as fast as we desired
owing to
Sand bars] for this purpose we concluded to detain the
Perogue we had intended to send back & load her out of
the boat
& detain the Soldiers untill Spring & Send them
from our Winter
quarters. We put out those articls which
was wet, Chan'd the boat &
perogues, examined all the
Lockers Bails &c &c &c.
This
Camp is Situated in a butifull Plain Serounded with
Timber to the extent
of 3/4 of a mile in which there is great
quantities of fine Plumbs The two
men detachd. up the
White river joined us here &
informed that the [river] as far
as they were up had much the appearance
of the Missuorie
Som Islands & Sands little Timber, [Elm] (much Signs of
Beaver, Great many buffalow) &
Continud its width, they
Saw as well as my self Pine burs & Sticks of Birch in the
Drift wood up this
river, they Saw also Number of Goats,
Such as I Killed, also Wolves near
the Buffalow. falling
[fallow] Deer, & the Barking Squrils Villages.
Cap. Lewis
went to hunt & See the Countrey near the Kamp he Killed
a Buffalow & a Deer
Cloudy all day I partly load the empty
Perogue out of the
Boat. I killed 2 Deer & the party 4 Deer & a
Buffalow
this we Kill for the Skins to Cover the Perogues, the meat too
pore to eat. Cap. Lewis went on an Island above our Camp,
this
Island is abt. one mile long, with a great perpotion Ceder
timber near the middle of it.
I gave out a flannel Shirt to each
man, & powder to those
who had expended thers.
