Friday 19th. of Septr. 1806.
Set out this morning a little after day & proceeded on very
well the men plyd their oares & we decended with great velocity,
only came too once for the purpose of gathering pap-pows,
our anxiety as also the wish of the party to proceed
on as expeditiously as possible to the Illinois enduce us to
continue on without halting to hunt. we calculate on ariveing
at the first Settlements on tomorrow evening which is 140
miles, and [the] objecet of our party is to divide the distance
into two days, this day to the Osarge River, and tomorrow to
the Charreton a Small french Village. we arived at the Enterance
of Osage River at dark and encamped on the Spot we
had encamped on the 1st. & 2nd. of June 1804 haveing came 72
miles. a very singular disorder is takeing place amongst our
party that of the Sore eyes. three of the party have their eyes
inflamed and Sweled in Such a manner as to render them extreamly
painfull, particularly when exposed to the light, the
eye ball is much inflaimed and the lid appears burnt with the
Sun, the cause of this complaint of the eye I can't [account]
for. from it's sudden appearance I am willing to believe it
may be owing to the reflection of the sun on the water.
