July 1st.. Monday 1805.
pleasant and warm. we continued on with the Iron boat as
usal about 3 oClock Capt. Clark and party arived with the
last canoe and the most of the baggage. the remainder left only
out at the 6 mile Stake. they informed us that the wet
weather was what detained them and that they were out in
the hail Storm but as luck would have it, the hail was not So
big as they were here. Capt. Clark was at the falls at the time
had hunted a Shelter in a deep creek with out water when he
went in but before the Shower was over the creek rose So fast
that he and 3 more who were with him had Scarsely time to
git out before the water was ten feet deep. Capt. Clark lost
the large Compass a fusiee pouch & horn powder & ball, and
Some cloaths &c. the party who were halling Some of them
like to have lost their lives, being nearly naked and the most
of them without any hats on their heads or anything to cover
them and under went as much as any men could and live
through it.
