June 2nd Sunday 1805
We had a hard wind and a little rain last night, this morning
fair we set out at an early hour, wind from the S W.
some little rain to day wind hard a head, the countrey much
like that of yesterday as discribed Cap
t Lewis walked on
shore, himself & the hunters killed 6 Elk & a Bear and 2
mule deer, and 2 buffalow which was all in good order, a
beaver also killed to day, passed 9 Islands to day the current
swift but regular, we camped on the Lar
d Side at the
forks of the river the currents & Sizes of them [the rivers]
we could not examine this evening a fair night we took
some Luner observations of moon & stears.
Course Distance 2nd" of June 1805
|
miles |
|
| N. 85° W |
3/4 |
to a fiew trees on the Lard point |
| S. 60°. W |
1/4 |
on the Lard point opposit a bluff |
| S. 40°. W. |
1/2 |
to some trees in the Stard. bend |
| S. 20°. E. |
1 |
to some willows on the Lard. Side |
| S. 30 E |
1 |
to a bush on the Stard. point opsd. a low bluff. |
| South |
1/4 |
on the Stard. point. |
| S. 45°. W. |
1/2 |
to a tree in a bend on Lard. Side |
| West |
2 |
to a point on the Lard. Side opposd to a bluff |
| S. 68°. W |
1/4 |
on the Lard Side opsd. an Island |
| S. 35°. W. |
1/4 |
on the Lard Side |
| S. 25°. W. |
1 |
to a point of a timbered bottom on the Lard. Side |
| South |
2 3/4 |
to a point on Stard. Side opsd. a dark bluff passed 3
small Islands |
| S. 60°. W. |
1 m. |
on the Stard. Side passed 2 Isds. on Lard Side |
| N. 80°. W. |
1 3/4 |
to the Lard. point opsd. a bluff |
| S. 10°. W. |
1 1/2 |
to the lower point of an Island near the Stard point. |
| S. 65°. W. |
2 |
to a point of timber on the Lard Side opsd. a bluff passed
the Isld. and one near Std Side |
| S. 20°. W. |
1/2 |
to the head of an Island |
| South |
1/2 |
to a point of timber on the Stard. Side |
| S. 72°. W |
1/4 |
to a point between two large rivers one 362 yards &
the other 200 |
| miles |
18 |
|
