Sept. 11th. Tuesday
1804—
A cloudy morning, Set out verry early, the river wide
&
Shallow the bottom narrow, & the river crouded with Sand
bars, passed the Island on which we lay at one mile, Passed
three
Islands one on the L. S. and 2 on the S. S. opposit the
Island on the L.
S. I saw a Village of Barking Squirel
[prairie-dog—
Ed.] 970
y
ds. long, and 800 y
ds. Wide Situated
on a jentle Slope of a hill, those anamals are noumerous, I
killed 4
with a View to have their Skins Stufed.
here the Man who left us with the
horses 22 (16) days ago
George
Shannon He started 26 Augt.) and has been a head ever
since joined us nearly Starved to Death, he had been 12 days
without
any thing to eate but Grapes & one Rabit, which he
Killed by shooting
a piece of hard Stick in place of a ball.
This Man Supposeing the boat to
be a head pushed on as long
as he could, when he became weak and feable
deturmined to
lay by and waite for a tradeing boat, which is expected,
Keeping
one horse for the last resorse, thus a man had like to have
Starved to death in a land of Plenty for the want of Bullitts or
Something to kill his meat. we Camped on the L. S. above
the mouth
of a run a hard rain all the afternoon, & most
of the night, with hard
wind from the N. W. I walked on
Shore the forepart of this day over Some
broken Country
which Continues about 3 Miles back & then is leavel
& rich
all Plains, I saw Several foxes & Killed a Elk & 2 Deer
&
Squirels. the men with me killed an Elk, 2 Deer & a
Pelican
Course Distance & reffrs. Septr. 12th.
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W. |
4 |
Miles to a point of wood on the L. S. Passed an
Island
in the Center of the river and several Sand bars (1) on
which
we found great dificuelty in passing the Water
being verry
Shallow |
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4 |
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