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June 5th Tuesday 1804—

after Jurking[31] the meet killed yesterday and Crossing the
hunting party we Set out at 6 oClock, from the last Course &
distance, N 51° W. 5 M. to a pt. on the St. Sd. passed a
small creek on the L. S: I call Lead C. passed a creek on
the S. S. of 20 yds. Wide Cal.d Lit: [Little] Good-Womans
C. on the L. S. a Prarie extends from Lead C. parrelel with
the river to Mine river, at 4 Ms. Passed the Creek of
the big rock about 15 yds. wide on the L. S.d at 11 oClock
brought too a small Caissee [raft made of two canoes tied
together] in which was two french men, from 80 Leagues up
the Kansias [Kanzas] R. where they wintered, and Cought a
great quantity of Beaver, the greater part of which they lost
by fire from the Praries, those men inform [us] that the
Kansas Nation are now out in the plains hunting Buffalow,
they hunted last winter on this river Passed a projecting
rock on which was painted a figure [ILLUSTRATION] and a Creek at
2 ms. above Called Little Manitou[32] Creek, from the
Painted rock this Creek 20 yds. wide on the L.
Sd. passed a Small Creek on L. S. opposit a verry bad Sand
bar of Several Ms. in extent, which we named Sand C, here
my Servent York Swam to the Sand bar to geather Greens
for our Dinner, and returned with a Sufficent quantity wild
Creases [Cresses] or Tung [Tongue] grass, we passed up for
2 ms. on the L. S. of this Sand and was obliged to return, the
watr. uncertain the quick Sand moveing we had a fine wind,
but could not make use of it, our Mast being broke, we passed
between 2 Small Islands in the Middle of the Current, &
round the head of three a rapid Current for one mile and
Camped on the S. S. opsd. a large Island in the middle of the
river, one Perogue did not get up for two hours, our Scout
discovd. the fresh sign of about 10 Inds. I expect that those

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Course & Destance June 5th