[Lewis:]
Sunday April 21st. 1805.
Set out at an early hour this morning. Capt Clark walked
on shore; the wind tho' a head was not violent, the country
through which we passed is very simelar in every respect to
that through which we
have passed for several days. We saw
immence herds of buffaloe Elk deer
& Antelopes. Capt.
Clark killed a buffaloe and 4 deer in the course of
his walk
today; and the party with me killed 3 deer, 2 beaver, and 4
buffaloe calves. the latter we found very delicious. I think
it
equal to any veal I ever tasted. the Elk now begin to shed
their horns.
passed one large and two small creeks on the
Lard.
side, tho' neither of them discharge any water at present.
the wind blew
so hard this evening that we were obliged to
halt several hours, we
reached the place of incampment after
dark, which was on the Lard. side a little above White earth
river which discharges itself on the Stard. side.
immediately at
the mouth of this river it is not more then 10 yards wide
being
choked up by the mud of the Missouri; tho' after leaving the
bottom lands of this river, or even sooner, it becomes a boald
stream of sixty yards wide and is deep and navigable. the
course of
this river as far as I could see from the top of Cut
bluff, was due North. it passes through a beatifull level and
fertile vally about five miles in
width. I think I saw about
25 miles up this river, and did not discover
one tree or bush
of any discription on it's borders. the vally was covered
with
Elk and buffaloe, saw a great number of gees today as usual,
also some swan and ducks.
Courses
and Distances of this
day.
|
|
mils |
| S.
18°. E. |
to a sand point Std. opposite to a
bluf Lad. |
1 1/2 |
| N.
75. W. |
to a point of high timber on Std.
opposite a blff. |
1/2 |
| N. 40.
W. |
to a willow point on Lard. opposite to a
bluff. |
3. 1/2 |
| N. 60. W. |
to a
point of woodland on Stard. side, oposite to a
bluff,
just below which on the Lard. side a creek
falls
in. |
4.1/2 |
| N. 25. E. |
to a
point of wood land on Lard opposite to a high
bluff. |
2. |
| N. 10. W. |
to the
upper part of a bluff Stard. and in a Stard. bend. |
2. |
| S. 50.
W. |
to the upper point of the timbered bottom on Lard.
side below a high bluff point which we called Cut
bluff, at 1/2 mile Pass White Earth river on
Stard. |
2
1/2 |
|
|
16
1/2 |
