August 13th.. Monday 1804—
Set
out this morning at Light the useal time and proceeded
on under a gentle
Breeze from the S. E.
| N. 66°. W. |
2
3/4 |
Ms. to a pt. of Low
willows on the S. S. a bar makeing
out. passed [to] the Sd. |
| N. 11°. W. |
5:
1/4 |
to a pt. of Cotton Wood. in a Bend to the
S. S. passed
over the pt. of a Sand bar from L.
S. |
| S. 44° W. |
2 1/2 |
to a
pt. on the S. S. opposit to the place Mr. Ja: Mc.Key
had a tradeing house in
95. & 96. & named it Fort
Charles[15]
|
| West |
3/4 |
of a mile to the Pt. of willow Isd. on the S. point |
| N. 50°.
W. |
1 |
Ml. to a point of high wood
below the mouth of a
Beayou comunicating with a Pond L.
S. |
| N. 20° E. |
2 1/4 |
Mls. to a pt. of Willows on the L. S. passed
a Creek
at 1 1/2 Mls. on which the Mahar village is
Situated[16]
a Sand bar on S. S. & one on L. S. haveing passed
the Willow
Isd. |
| North |
1/4 |
Ml. on the Sand bar L. S. |
| N. 69
W. |
2 1/2 |
Ms. to the upper Point of
Some Cottonwood trees in a
Bend to the L. S. opposit the lower pt. of a large
Island Situated on the S.
S. |
|
17
1/4 |
|
we formed a Camp on a Sand bar on the
L. S. & Detached
Sergt. Ordeway Peter Crusatt,
George Shannon. Werner &
Carrn. [Carson?—Ed.] to the Mahar Village with a flag &
Some Tobacco
to envite the Nation to See & talk with us on
tomorrow, we took some
Luner observation this evening.
the air Pleasant.
