May 28th Munday 1804
Gasconnade
Rained hard all last
night some thunder & lightning hard
Wind in the forepart of the night
from the S W. Ruben Fields
killed a Deer Several hunters out to day. I
measured the
river found the Gasconnade to be 157 yds.
Wide and 19 foot
Deep the Course of this R. is S. 29° W, one of the
hunters
fell in with 6 Inds. hunting, onloaded the
large Perogue on
board of which was 8 french hands found many things wet
by their cearlessessness, put all the articles which was wet out
to
Dry. this day so Cloudy that no observations could be
taken, the river
begins to rise, examine the mens arms and
equapage, all in
order
