July 10th.. Tuesday 1804
—
Set out early this Morning and crossd.
the river with a view
to See who the party was that Camped on the other
Side, we
soon discovered them to be our men, proceeded on passed a
Prarie on the L. S. at 4 Miles passed a creek L. S. called
(1) Pappie [Pape's Creek] after a man who
killed himself at its
mouth, this Creek is 15 yds wide (2) Dined on an
Isld. called
de Salamin [Solomon's Island]. Delayed 3 hours on this Island
to
recruit the men opposit on the L. S. is a butifull bottom
Plain of about
2000 acres (3) covered with wild rye & Potatoes
[ground apple pomme de terre],[67]
intermix't with
the grass,
We camped on the S. S. opposit a yellow Clay Clift, Capt.
Lewis killed to young Gees or Goslings this evening.
The
men of the party getting better, but much fatigued. The river
on
a stand. The bottom is verry extensive on the S. S. and
thickly
intersperced with Vines.
The High Land approaches near the river on the
L. S. and
well timbered next to the river, back of those hills the Plains
commence.
Course Distance & refrs. July 10th
| N. 80°. W. 3 1/4 |
Ms. to pt. S. S. passd. a
Sand bar |
| N 19° E. 2 |
Ms. to pt. L. S. psd. a
Creek (1) |
| North 3/4 |
Ml. to Low pt. of an Isld. (2) |
| S. 80° W.
3/4 |
Ml. to pt. on Left of
an Isd. opsd. Pra
(3) |
| N 50 W. 1 1/4 |
Ms.
to pt. on L. S. passed Sd.
bar |
| N 83 W. 2 |
Ms. to
a pt. on S. S. Isd.
(5) |
