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[Clark:]

19th. of April Friday 1805

a blustering windey day the wind so hard from the N.W.
that we were fearfull of ventering our Canoes in the river, lay
by all day on the S. Side in a good harber, the Praries appear


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to Green, the cotton trees bigin to leave, Saw some plumb
bushes in full bloom, those were the plumb bushes which I
have seen for some time. Killed an Elk an[d] a Beaver to
day. The beaver of this river is much larger than usial, Great
deal of Sign of the large Bear,