August 11th. Sunday 1805.
a Shower of rain this morning at Sun rise, Cloudy all the
morning wind from the S.W. passed a large Island which I
call the 3000 mile Island as it is Situated that distance from
the mouth of the Missouri by water, a number of Small
Bayoes running in different directions thro the Bottom, which
is about 5 miles wide, then rises to an ellivated plain on each
Side which extends as far. passed Several Small Islands and
a number of Bayoes on each Side and Encamped on the upper
point of a large Island, our hunters killed three Deer, one
antilope, and Tomahawked Several Orter to day killed one
Beaver with a Setting pole. I observed Some bunches of
Privey on the banks
