Sept. 7th. Friday
—
a verry Cold morning wind S. E. Set out at day light we
landed after proceeding 5 1/2 Miles, near the foot of a round
Mounting, which I saw yesterday, resembling a dome.[21]
Cap.
Lewis
& Myself walked up to the top which forms a Cone and
is about 70 feet
higher than the high lands around it, the Base
is about 300 foot in
decending this Cupola, discovered a Village
of
Small animals that burrow in the grown (those animals
are Called by the
french Petite Chien) Killed one and Caught
one a live by poreing a great
quantity of Water in his hole[22]
we attempted to dig to the beds of one of those
animals, after
diging 6 feet, found
by running a pole down that we were not
half way to his Lodge, we found 2
frogs in the hole, and
Killed a Dark rattle Snake near with a Ground rat
(
or prairie
dog) in him, (those rats are numerous)
the Village of those
animals Cov
d. about 4 acres of
Ground on a gradual decent of
a hill and Contains great numbers of holes
on the top of which
those little animals Set erect make a Whistleing noise
and whin
allarmed Step into their hole, we por'd into one of the holes
5 barrels of Water without filling it. Those Animals are about
the
Size of a Small Squ[ir]rel Shorter (
or longer) &
thicker, the
head much resembling a Squirel in every respect, except the
ears which is Shorter, his tail like a ground squirel which they
shake & whistle when allarm
d. the toe nails long,
they have
fine fur & the longer hairs is gray
[23]
, it is Said that
a kind of
Lizard also a Snake reside with those animals. (
did not find
this correct.) Camped.
Course Destance & refferrences.—8th. Septr.
| N. 35.
W. |
7 |
Mls. to a pt. on L. S. opsd. the house of Mr. Troodo
where he wintered in 96 & Seven Called the
Pania
hos. in a woo[d] to the S. S.
(1) |
| N. 88° W. |
10 |
Mls. to a pt. of woods S. S. one mile above
the commencement
of this Course the Lowr pt. of a Willow
Isld. this Isld. is 1 1/4 Mls. in length, in the middle
of the R. a Small Sand Isd. at its upper
extremity. |
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17 |
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