July 8th.. Monday 1805
A worm morning flying Clouds I deturmin [to] take the
width of the river at the falls & the Medison river and to take
the greater part of the men which Can be Speared to kill
Buffalow for their Skins as well as meat, devided the party &
Sent them in different directions to hunt & proceeded my Self
to the mouth of Medison river measured it and found it to be
137 yards wide, in the narrowest part of the Missouri imediately
above Medison river the Missouri is 300 yards wide,
below and a little above the falls 1440 yards wide with the
direction of the upper great fall 580 yards wide, at the great
Spring 270 yards wide, at the handsom falls of 47 ft. 8 In.
the river is 473 yards wide, at the lower great falls the river is
confined within 280 yards, below the falls the water occupies 93
yards only. after takeing the wedth of the river at those Sundery
placies I returned thro' the plains in a direct line to camp.[15]
Some rain this evening after a verry hot day. the Mountains
which are in view to the South & NW. are Covered with
Snow. those nearer us and form a 3/4 circle around us is not
covered with Snow at this time. The hunters killed 3 buffalow,
two antelopes, & a Deer to day. the emence herds of
buffalow which was near us a fiew days ago, has proceeded on
down the river, we can See but a fiew Bulls in the plains
