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July 15th.. Sunday—

a heavy Fog this morning prevented our Setting out before
7 oClock, at nine I took two men and walked on the L. S.
I crossed three butifull Streems of running water heading in
the Praries on those Streem the lands verry fine covered with
pea vine & rich weed the high Praries are also good land
Covered with Grass entirely void of timber, except what grows
on the water, I proceeded on thro those praries Several
Miles to the Mouth of a large Creek on the L. S. called (?)
[Little] Nema har this is a Small river, about 100 yds.. above
the Mouth it is 40 yards wide, at the mouth (as all other
Creeks & rivers falling into the Missourie are) much narrower
than a little distance up. after continueing at the mouth of

this Creek about an hour, I swam across and proceeded on
about 3 miles and halted to waite for the boat, which was some
distance below. In all this days march thro woods & Praries,
I only Saw three Deer & 3 fawns. I had at one part of the
Prarie a verry extensive view of all the Countrey around up
and down the river a Considerable distance, on the Larbd. Sd.
one continued Plain, on the S. S. Some timber on the bank of
the river, for a Short distance back of this timber is a bottom
Plain of four or five miles back to the hills and under the
hills between them & the river this plain appeared to extend
20 or 30 miles, those Hills have but little timber, and the
Plain appears to Continue back of them. I saw Great quantities
of Grapes, Plums of 2 kinds, Wild Cherries of 2 Kinds,
Hazelnuts, and Goosberries.

We Camped in a point of woods on the Larboard S. opsd. a
large Island.

Course Dists. & refrs.. July 15th 1804

                 

N. 30° W	3 1/2	Ms. to a pt. on a Willow Isd. on the L. S. passed the head of the large Isd. on S. S. (1)
N. 70° W	1/4	of a Ml. to L. pt. on Sd. Isd. the boat Passed to the L. S. Hills projects to river
N. 89 W.	1/4	of a ml. to a pt. of Sd. Isld.. the Hills here leave the river.
N. 88° W.	1/4	of a Mile to a pt. on main Shore L. S. opposit a Sand bar. took Medn. altd. ☉ L. L.
West	1 1/4	Ms. to a pt. on S. S. opposit to which the hills again touch the river.
N 45° W.	1 1/2	Ms. to the Mouth of Ne-ma-har creek in a bend to L. S. (2) opsd. Low pt. of Sd. bar.
N. 30° E	2	Ms. to a pt. on L. S. a Deep bend to the right below the pt.
N. 15° E.	3/4	Ml. to the lower pt. of a Isd east of this Isd. is Said to be a Pond.
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