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[Clark:]
May 19th. Sunday 1805
a verry cold night, the murckery stood at 38 at 8 oClock
this morning, a heavy dew which is the 2d. I have seen this
spring. The fog (which was the first) was so thick this morning
that we could not Set out untill the Sun was about 2
hours up, at which time a small breeze sprung up from the
E which cleared off the fog & we proceeded on by means of
the Cord The hills are high & rugged the countrey as yesterday.
I walked on Shore with two men we killed a white or
grey bear; not withstanding that it was Shot through the
heart it ran at it's usial pace near a quarter of a mile before it
fell. Capt Lewis's dog was badly bitten by a wounded beaver
and was near bleading to death, after killing the Bear I continued
my walk alone, & killed 3 Deer & a Beaver finding
that the Perogues were below I assended the highest hill I
could see, from the top of which I saw the mouth of M.
I also saw a high mountain in a westerley direction, bearing
S.S.W. about 40 or 50 miles distant, in the evening the river
was verry crooked and much more rapid & containing more
sawyers than any which we have passed above the River Platte
Capt Lewis walked on Shore this after noon & killed an Elk,
Buck & a Beaver, I kiled three Deer at dinner, the hunters
killed three other Deer to day several beaver also killed. We
camped on the Stard Side in a bottom of small cotton wood
miles | ||
S. 35°. W. | 1 1/4 | to a point of wood land on the Lard Side opposit to a Bluff. S.S. |
South | 1 1/2 | to a point of timber on the Stard. Side opposit High hills on the Lard Side. |
S. 75°. W. | 1 | to a point of wood land on the Lard. Side opposit to a Bluff |
S. 20°. W. | 1 1/2 | to a willow point on the Std. Side the river makeing a deep bend to the E. |
S. 30°. W. | 1 | allong the Stard. Side opsd. a Bluff |
S. 60°. W | 2 1/2 | to a point of wood land Stard. Side opposit to a Bluff |
West | 3/4 | allong the Lard Shore opsd. to a bluff |
S. 60°. W | 1/2 | allong the Lard Point opposit to a bluff |
S. 15°. W. | 3 | to a point of wood land on the Stard Side opsd. a bluff a Deep bend to the South |
S. 20°. W. | 1 1/2 | to a point on the Lard Side |
S. 45°. W. | 3/4 | to a point of high timber on the Ld. Side opposit to a bluff |
South | 1 3/4 | to a point of willows on the Stard. Side |
West | 1 1/2 | to a point of low willows on the Lard. Side opsd. the lower point of a willow Island S.S. |
S. 45°. W. | 1/2 | allong the Lard point, opsd. the upper point of the Island, a Bluff on the Std Side |
S 10°. E. | 1/4 | allong the Lard. point opsd. to a Bluff, under which is a shoal S.S. rapid water |
N. 45°. E. | 1/2 | to the point of a sand bar on the Stard. Side passing swift water |
S. 45°. | 1/2 | to the timber on the Stard point opposit to a Bluff on Lard. here we camped for the night. |
miles | 20 1/4 |
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LEWIS AND CLARK Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | ||