[Clark:]
June 24th. Monday 1805
A cloudy morning I rose early had the remaining canoe
hauled out of the water to dry and devided the baggage into
3 parcels, one of which the party took on their backs & one
waggon with truck wheels to the canoes 3 miles in advance
(Those canoes or 5 of our canoes were carried up the creek 1 3/4
of a mile taken out on the bank and left to dry from which
place they are taken up a point and [that] intersects this rout
from the mouth of the creek at 3 miles from the foot of the
rapids) after getting up their loads they devided men & load
& proceeded on with 2 canoes on truck wheels as before, I
accompaned them 4 miles and returned, my feet being verry
sore from the walk over ruts stones & hills & thro the leavel
plain for 6 days proceeding carrying my pack and gun. Some
few drops of rain in the fore part of the day, at 6 oClock a
black cloud arose to the N West, the wind shifted from the S
to that point and in a short time the earth was entirely covered
with hail, some rain succeeded, which continued for about an
hour very moderately on this side of the river, without the
earths being wet 1/2 an inch, the riveens on the opposit or
N W. Side discharged emence torrents of water into the river,
& showed evidently that the rain was much heavyer on that
side, some rain at different times in the night which was worm.
Thunder without lightning accompanied the hail cloud
