10th. September Monday 1804—
a cloudy dark
morning Set out early, a gentle breeze from
the S. E. passed two Small
Islands on the L. S. and one on
the S. S. all in the first Course at 10
1/2 Miles passed the lower
point of an (2) Island Covered with red Ceeder
Situated in a
bend on the L. S. this Island is about 2 Miles in length (1)
below this on a hill on the L. S. we found the back bone of a
fish,
45 feet long tapering to the tale, Some teeth &c. those
joints were
Seperated and all Petrefied. opposit this Island
1 1/2 Miles from the
river on the L. S. is a large Salt Spring of
remarkable Salt Water. one
other high up the hill 1/2 Ml. not
So Salt. we
proceeded on under a Stiff Breeze. three Miles
above Ceder Island passed a
large Island on the S. S. no water
on that Side. (3) Several elk Swam to
this Island passed
a Small Island near the center of the river, of a Mile
in length,
and Camped on one above Seperated from the other by a Narrow
Chanel, those Islands are Called Mud Islands.
the
hunters killed 3 Buffalow & one Elk to day. The river is
falling a little. Great number of Buffalow & Elk on the hill
Side feeding deer scerce
Course
Distance & reffr. 11th. Septr.
| N. 35°. W. |
4
1/2 |
Mls. to the lower pt.
of an Island, passed the Isd. on
which we Campd. |
| N. 70°.
W. |
2 |
Mls. to the head of the
Island on its L. S. |
| N. 45°.
W. |
3 |
Mls. to a pt. on the L. S. below an Island (1) |
| N.
50°. W. |
2 |
Mls. to the Upper
pt. of an Island on the S. S.; passed
one on the L. S.
opsd. to which at 1/4 of a Mile is a
Village of the
Barking Squirel L. S. |
| West |
4
1/2 |
Mls. to a pt. on the L.
S. passed an Isd. on the S. S.
just above the one
mentioned in the last
Course. |
|
16 |
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