Saturday March 30th. 1805.
Observed Equal Altitudes of the ☉, with Sextant and artificial Horzn. of
Water.[46]
| A.M |
8. |
42. |
46. |
P. M. |
4. |
17. |
33. |
|
". |
44. |
27. |
|
". |
19. |
15. |
|
". |
46. |
10. |
|
". |
20. |
59. |
| Altd. by Sextant at the time of observt. |
|
|
|
|
49°. |
45′. |
00″. |
[Here ends the series of observations entered in Codex O,
which was sent down to St. Louis with the boat that left the
Mandans, April 7, 1805. From this time on, Lewis entered
his observations in the text of the journal, taking a new point
of departure On April 12, 1805, at the mouth of the Little
Missouri, he begins "Point of Observation No. 1," and continues
to "Point of Observation No 46.," at Traveller's Rest Creek.
Until September 30, 1805, Clark does not enter anything but
the latitude deduced from observations; from that time, however,
until November 24, 1805, on the Pacific coast, he enters
a number of observations—among them are the following,
found in Codex H, pp. 23, 24, transferred hither from the text
of the journal.—Ed.]
Celestial observations taken in the junction of the Columbia & Lewis's
Rivers.
