[Clark, first draft:]
April 19th.. 1806.
this morning early had some rain had the small canoes
hauled out to dry every man capable of carrying a load
comenced the portage and by 5 P. M had every part of our
baggage and canoes across the portage. I then took Sgt. Pryor,
G. Shannon & Crusat & Labiech and went up to the falls at
which place I arived about 8 p.m. in the course of this day
I purchased 4 horses at the town & Capt Lewis purchased one.
the natives finding that we were about to proceed on by water
sold us those fiew horses for which we were compd. to pay them
emence prices and the horses were indifferent. Several showers
of rain this day. description of those people &c. narrows bad
