[Clark:]
18th.. of April Thursday 1805
Set out at an
early hour one Beaver & a Musrat cought
this morning, the beaver
cought in two traps, which like to
have brought about a missunderstanding
between two of the
party &c. after brackfast I assended a hill and
observed that
the river made a great bend to the South, I concluded to
walk
thro' the point about 2 miles and take Shabono, with me, he
had
taken a dost of Salts &c. his squar followed on with her
child, when I struck the next bend of the [river] could see
nothing
of the Party, left this man & his wife & child on the
river bank
and went out to hunt, Killed a young Buck Elk,
& a Deer, the Elk was
tolerable meat, the Deer verry pore,
Butchered the meat and continued
untill near Sunset before
Capt. Lewis and the party
came up, they were detained by the
wind, which rose soon after I left the
boat from the N W. &
blew verry hard untill verry late in the evening.
We camped
on the S.S. in an
excellent harbor, Soon after we came too,
two men went up the river to set
their beaver traps they met
with a Bear and being without their arms
thought prodent to
return &
c. The wild cheries are
in bloom, Great appearance
of Burnt hills Pumice Stone &
c. the coal & salt appearance
continues, the water in
the small runs much better than below.
Saw several old Indian camps, the
game, such as Buffalow
Elk, antelopes & Deer verry
plenty
Course distance &C. 18th of
April
| South |
3 |
miles to a point on
the Std. Side |
| N. 75°.
W. |
2 1/2 |
miles to a wood point on the L.
Side |
| N. 85°. W. |
1/2 |
a
mile along the Lad. Side |
| S.
25°. E |
2 |
miles to a sand point on the Sd. Side |
| S. 60°.
W. |
1 |
mile to a pt. of Willows on
the Sd. Side |
| S. 65°.
W |
1/2 |
mile along the Sd. pot. to a point of timbered land opsd. a
Bluff on the Lad. Side |
| N.
25°. W |
2. |
miles to a Copse of woods on the Sd. Side |
| S. 50°. W. |
1
1/2 |
miles to the upper part of a wood on the Stad. Side
&
camped |
| miles |
13 |
|
