July 11th.. 1805 Thursday.
a clear morning, but high wind which obledged us to lay at
our Camp untill late in the afternoon except the baggage canoe
which went on. 2 of the men went up to the Camp and got
Some meat. towards evening the wind abated a little so that
we went on arived at the upper Camp about Sunset and unloaded.
the hunters had killed 2 fat buffalow and Several
Deer. I walked a Short distance in the plains to day when we
were waiting for the wind to abate, and trod on a verry large
rattle Snake. it bit my leggin on my legg I Shot it. it was
4 feet 2 Inches long, & 5 Inches & a half round. we took
Some fat meat on board and 4 of us Set out with the 8 empty
canoes to return to the lower Camp. we floated apart of the
night got about 8 miles the wind rose so that we halted untill
morning. Capt. Clark had got 2 fine trees cut for 2 canoes and
got them ready to dig out &c. &c.
