Wednesday 27th. Augt. 1806
Set out before Sunrise a Stiff breeze a head from the East
proceeded to the enterance of Tylors river on the S W Side
and landed on a Sand bar and Sent out the hunters to kill
Some meat. our Stock of meat being now exausted and this
the most favourable place to procure a fresh supply, the
hunters returned in 3 hours without haveing killed any thing.
they informed me that the bottoms were entirely beaten up
and the grass laid flat by the emence number of Buffalow
which had been here a short time past. the deer had all left
the bottom. they saw several Buffalow Bulls which they did
not think proper to kill as they were unfit for use. here we
discover the first Signs of the wild turkey. at 1 P. M. we
halted in the big bend and killed a fat buck elk near the river,
which was very timely as our meat was entirely exhosted. at
2 P. M. we again proceeded on down saw Several Buffalow
Bulls on each side of the river also some deer of the common
kind. at 6 P. M. we herd the bellowing of the Buffalow Bulls
in the lower Isl
d. of the Big bend below the Gouge which
induced a belief that there was some fat cows, 5 men went
out from the 2 Small canoes which was a little ahead, and
killed two cows one Bull and a calf nether of them were fat.
we droped the Perogue & Canoes to the lower part of the
Island near to where the buffalow was killed and incamped
haveing come
45 Miles only to day. had the buffalow
butch[er]ed and brought in and divided. My friend Cap
t.
Lewis hurt himself very much by takeing a longer walk on
the sand bar in my absence at the buffalow than he had
strength to undergo, which caused him to remain very unwell
all night.
