9th.
September Sunday 1804—
Set out at Sunrise and proceeded
on passed the head of the
Island on which we Camped, passed three Sand
& Willow
Islands, the Sand bars So noumerous, it is not worth mentioning
them, the river Shoal or Shallow wind
S. E. Came too
and Camped on a Sand bar on the L. S. Capt. Lewis went
out to kill a buffalow. I walked on Shore all this evening
with a
view to Kill a goat or Some Prarie Dogs in the evening
after the boat landed, I Derected My Servent
York with
me to kill a Buffalow near the boat from a Numbr. then Scattered
in the
Plains. I saw at one view near the river at least
500 Buffalow, those
animals have been in View all day feeding
in the Plains on the L. S. every
Copse of timber appear to
have Elk or Deer. D. Killed 3 Deer, I Kiled a
Buffalow
Y. 2, R. Fields one.
Course Distance & Referrence—10th.
Sept.
| North |
5 |
Mls. to a Sand. Isd.
undr. a Bluff to the S. S. passed
Isd. on L. S. |
| N. 65°.
W. |
2 |
Ml. to a pt. on the L. S. passd. the Isd. on the L. S. |
| N. 80°.
W. |
1/2 |
Ml. on the L.
S. |
| S. 80 W. |
3 |
Mls. to Ceder Island in the Middle of the R. found
a fish
back bone pitrefied also the hd. just below the
Isd. on the top of a hill Situated on the L.
S. |
| N. 70°. W. |
8 1/2 |
Mls. to the Lowr. pt. of
an Isd. in a bend to the L. S.
pass the hd. of Ceeder Island (2) and a large Isd. on
the S. S. (3) & Many Sand bars. Shallow. |
| N.
35. W. |
1 |
Ml. to the Lower pt. of a Small Island seperated by a
Narrow
Channel. |
|
20 |
|
