21st. of
September Friday 1804—
at half past one o'clock this
morning the Sand bar on which
we Camped began to under mind and give way
which allarmed
the Serjeant on Guard, the motion of the boat awakened me;
I got up & by the light of the moon observed that the Sand
had given away both above and below our Camp
& was falling
in fast. I ordered all hands on as quick as possible
& pushed
off, we had pushed off but a few minits before the bank under
which the Boat & perogus lay give way, which would Certainly
have Sunk both Perogues, by the time we made the ops
d.
Shore
our Camp fell in, we made a 2
d. Camp for the
remainder of the
night. & at Daylight proceeded on to the Gouge of
this Great
bend and Brackfast, we Sent a man to Measure (step off) the
Distance across the gouge, he made it 2,000 yd
s., The
distance
arround is 30 M
ls. The hills extend thro: the
Gouge and is about
200 foot above the water. in the bend as also the
opposit Sides
both above and below the bend is a butifull inclined Plain,
in
which there is great numbers of Buffalow, Elk & Goats in
view
feeding & scipping on those Plains Grouse, Larks &
the Prarie bird
is Common in those Plains.
We proceeded on passed a (1) Willow Island
below the
mouth of a Small river called Tylors R about 35 Yds. wide
which Coms in on the L. S. 6 Miles above the
Gouge of the
bend, at the Mouth of this river the two hunters a head left
a Deer & its Skin also the Skin of a White wolf. We observe
an
emence number of Plover of Different kind collecting and
takeing their
flight Southerly, also Brants, which appear to
move in the Same Direction.
The Cat fish is Small and not
so plenty as below.
(2) The Shore on
each Side is lined with hard rough Gulley
Stone of different Sises, which
has roled from the hills & out
of Small brooks, Ceder is Common here,
This day is warm,
the wind which is not hard blows from the S. E., we
Camped
at the lower point of the Mock Island on the S. S. this now
Connected with the main land, it has the appearance of once
being an
Island detached from the main land Covered with tall
Cotton Wood. We Saw
Some Camps and tracks of the Seaux
which appears to be old, three or four
weeks ago, one frenchman
I fear has got an
abscess on his they [thigh—Ed.], he
Complains verry much we are makeing every exertion to
reliev
him
The Praries in this quarter Contains great qts.
of Prickley
Pear.
Course Distance & refferences—22nd
| S. 72°.
W. |
5 |
Miles to a point on the S. S. Passing under a
high
bluff on the L. Side
(1) |
| West |
1 |
Mile on the S. S.
a bottom commencing on the L. S.
at the end of this
Course |
| N. 38°. W. |
4
1/2 |
Miles to a pt. of timber on the S. S.
opposit the Lower
pt. of Ceder Island passed two
Islands on the L. S.
one 1/2 a Mile & the other 3 Miles long called
the
3 Sisters opsd. a large Creek coms in
(2) |
| N. 30°. W. |
3 |
Miles
to a pt. on S. S. passed Ceeder Island Situated
nearest the S. S. a trading house (3) |
| N.
22°. E. |
2 1/2 |
Miles to a timber opposit the Lower
(L. S.) pt. of a
Small Island called Goat Island.
(4) |
|
16 |
|
