[Clark:]
May 7th Tuesday, 1805
A fine morning. river rose 1 1/2 Inches last night, the drift
wood beginning to run, the water something clearer than
usial, the wind became verry hard, and at II oClock one
canoe by bad Stearing filled with water, which detained is
about 3 hours, had a Meridian altitude, the Latd. from which
is 47° 36′. II″. 6/16 The countrey on the North Side of the
Missouri is one of the handsomest plains we have yet seen on
the river the plain rises from the river bottom gradually. The
Hills on the South Side is high & uneavin. no appearance
of coal or burnt hills, that of Salts still appear. vegetation
appears to be Slow. I walked on the bank to day and shot
2 beaver, in the evening Killed two Buffalow in tolerable
order which we saved and camped on the Lar
d Side 8 beaver,
3 buffalow & an Elk killed to day
Course & Distance the 7th. of May
|
miles |
|
| South |
1 ½ |
to the point of a Sand bar from the Starboard Side |
| North |
2 |
to a point of wood land on the L.S. opposit a low bluff
on the Std. Side |
| S. 75°. W. |
2 |
to Some high timber in the center of the bend to the
Std. Side |
| S. 10°. |
2 1/4 |
to the upper point of a Sand bar Std. Sd. |
| S. 40° W. |
1 3/4 |
to the upper point of a high timber in a bend to the
Lard Side |
| N. 45° W. |
2 ½ |
to the point of a Sand bar Lard Side |
| S. 15° W. |
3 |
to the upper part of a high timber in a bend to the Lard.
Side. pa[s]sed the upper part of a large Sand bar |
| miles |
15 |
|
