20th. of September, Thursday 1804—
a fair morning wind from the S. E. detached 2 men to the
1st. Creek above the big bend with the horse to hunt and wait
our arrival proceeded on passed the lower Island opposit
which the
Sand bars are very thick & the water Shoal. I
walked on Shore with a
view of examening this bend crossed
at the Narost part which is a high
irregular hills of about 180
or 190 feet, this place the gouge of the bend
is 1 Mile & a
quarter (from river to river or across,) from this high
land
which is only in the Gouge, the bend is a Butifull Plain thro
which I walked, Saw numbers of Buffalow & Goats, I saw
a Hare
& believe he run into a hole in the Side of a hill, he
run up this
hill which is Small & has several holes on the Side
& I could not
see him after, I joined the boat in the evening.
passed a Small Island on
the L. S. in the N. W. extremity of
the bend Called Solitary Island, and
Camped late on a Sand
Bar near the S. S. R. Fields Killed 1 Deer & 2
Goats one
of them a female She Differs from the Mail as to Size being
Smaller, with Small Horns, Streght with a Small Prong without
any black about the Neck. None of those
Goats has any
Beard, they are all Keenly made [delicately formed.—
Biddle],
and is butifull.
Course Distance and reffrs.—21st. Sept.
| S. 70°.
W. |
4 1/2 |
Miles to the Upper part of a Ceder bottom on
the L. S.
passed Several Sand bars on both
Sides. |
| N. 50°. W. |
2
1/2 |
Miles to a tree on the S. S. passing over a Willow
Island
& a Creek on the L. S. (1) |
| West |
4
1/2 |
Miles to a point of Timber on the L. S. Passed Sand
bars
the river here is verry Shoal and about a Mile
Wide. (2) Passed large hard
Stone on the Shore
on each Side, a Mock Island on the S.
S. |
|
11
1/2 |
|
