[Clark:]
June 14th.. Friday 1805
a fine morning the Indian woman complaining all night
& excessively bad this morning. her case is somewhat dangerous.
two men with the Tooth ake 2 with Tumers, & one
man with a Tumor & a slight fever passed the camp Capt.
Lewis made the 1st.. night at which place he had left part of two
bear their skins &c. three men with Tumers went on shore
and stayed out all night one of them killed 2 buffalow, a
part of which we made use of for brackfast, the current
excesevely rapid more so as we assend we find great dificuelty
in getting the Perogue & canoes up in safety, canoes
take in water frequently, at 4 oClock this evening Jo: Fields
returned from Capt. Lewis with a letter for me, Capt Lewis
dates his letter from the Great falls of the Missouri, which
Fields informs me is about 20 miles in advance & about 10
miles above the place I left the river the time I was up last
week Capt L informs the [me] that those falls, in part answer
the discription given of them by the Indians, much higher
the Eagles nest which they describe is there, from those
signs he is convinced of this being the river the Indians call
the Missouri, he intends examineing the river above untill
my arrival at a point from which we can make a portage,
which he is apprehensive will be at least 5 miles & both
above & below there is several small pitches, & swift troubled
water we made only 10 miles to day and camped on the Lard
Side, much hard slate in the clifts & but a small quantity of
timber.
Course & Distance June 14th.
|
miles |
|
| S. 35°. W. |
2 |
to a small Island in the Lard bend passing Sundery
bad places |
| S. 55°. W. |
1 |
to a tree on the Lard Side opsd. a bluff passed a Island
near Std. Side |
| N. 70°. W. |
1 |
to the Lard point passing an Island |
| West |
1 |
to a tree in the bend Stard. Side |
| South |
1/4 |
to a clift on the Lard Side at a rapid |
| West |
1 |
to the pt. on the Lard Side |
| S. 45°. W. |
1/4 |
to the upper pt. of a small Isld. in a Stard. bend opposit a
large Island |
| S. 10°. W. |
1 1/4 |
to naked point on the Stard. Side |
| S. 70°. W. |
1/4 |
to my old camp of the 4th. inst: on the Stard Side
opsd. a large graveley Bar. |
| South |
1 1/2 |
to the upper point of an Island |
| S. 56°. W. |
1/2 |
on the Stard Side to a bluff |
| S. 60°. W. |
1/4 |
to a wood on the Lard point & Camped. |
| miles |
10 1/4 |
|
