3rd. of September Monday
1804.—
a verry Cold morning wind from N. W. we Set out at Sun
rise, & proceeded on to a Bluff below the Mouth of Plumb
Creek
[12 yds] on the S. S. and took an obsevation of the
Suns altitude.
This Creek is Small it "abounds with plumbs of a
Delicious
flavour" the River is Wide and Crowded with Sand bars.
it
is riseing a little but little timber in this Countrey all that
is, is on
the river in the Points. we came too on the L. S. in
the edge of a Plain
an[d] Camped for the night, we Saw
Some signs of the two men Shannon &
Colter, Shannon appeared
to be ahead of
Colter. The White banks appear to
continue on both sides of the river.
Grapes plenty and finely
flavered.
Course Dist. & refrs. 3rd. Septr.
| West |
1/2 |
Ml. on the L. S. opsd. a
Bluff |
| S. 35 W. |
3 |
Mls. to the Upper point of some wood at the foot of the
high land on the L. S. in a bend of the river pass
a large Sand bar
400 yds. wide on the L. S. and a
pt. & Sand bar from the S.
S. |
| West |
5 1/2 |
Mls. to a objt. in a Deep bend to the S. S.
passd. a pt. S.
S. and a large
Sand bar on the L. S. |
| S. 45.
W. |
1 |
Ml. the to Mouth of Plumb
Cr. on the S. S. psd.
undr. White
bank. |
| South |
5 |
Mls. to a pt. on the S. S. passd. Several Sand bars & two
pts. on
the L.
S. |
|
15 |
|
