5th. of August Sunday
1804—
Set out early great appearance of wind and rain (I have
observed that Thunder & lightning is not as common in this
Countrey as it is in the atlantic States) Snakes are not plenty,
one
was killed to day large and resembling the rattle Snake,
only something
lighter. I walked on Shore this evening S. S.
in Pursueing Some turkeys I
[s]truck the river twelve miles
below within 370 yards, the high water
passes thro' this
Peninsula, and agreeable to the customary changes of the
river, I concld [should calculate] that in two
years the main
current of the river will pass through. In every bend the
banks are falling in from the current being thrown against
those
bends by the Sand points which inlarges and the Soil I
believe from
unquestionable appearn5 of the entire Bottom
from one
hill to the other being the Mud or Ooze of the
river at Some former Period
mixed with Sand and Clay easily
melts and Slips into the River, and the mud mixes with
the
water & the Sand is washed down and lodges on the points.
Great quantities of Grapes on the banks, I observe three different
kinds at this time ripe, one of the no.
is large & has
the flaver of the Purple grape, camped on the S. S. the
Musquitors
verry troublesom. The man who
went back after his
knife has not yet come up, we have some reasons to
believe
he has Deserted.
Course Distance & Refrd. August 5th
| S. 60° E |
1
1/2 |
Ms Crossg a large Sd bar to a pt. on Ms. S.
Sd bet: a
willow Isd. in S.
Bend |
| N. 20 W. |
3/4 |
Ms to a pt. above a Sad.
bar opsd. the upper point of the
Sd Island (Beaver |
| N. 34
W. |
3 1/4 |
Ms. to a pt. on the L. S. passed one on the Starboard
Side |
| North |
3/4 |
Ms. to a pt. on the right of a Sand Isd. makeing from
the L. pt. |
| S. 45° W. |
3
1/4 |
Ms. to 3 small trees in Prarie & bend
to the L. S.
pased a Sand pt. S.
S. |
| N. 45° W. |
4 1/2 |
Ms. to a pt. on S.
S. |
| North |
1 1/4 |
Ms on the S. S. to the pt. of a Sand bar
river narrow |
| N. 70°
E |
1/4 |
Ms on the Sand bar S.
S. |
| S. 30 E |
2 |
Ms. to the pt. of a Sand bar making out from
the L.
pt psd a
Sand. |
| S. 30 E |
1/2 |
Ml on the point |
| N. 45°
E |
2 1/2 |
Mls to the lower point of
an Island Close to the S. S.
behind this Island on the S. S. the Soldiers river
disimboques
itself. |
|
20
1/2 |
|
