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[Lewis:]

Wednesday July 10th. 1805.

Capt. Clark set out with his party early this morning and
passed over to the opposite side. after which I dispatched
Sergt. Ordway with 4 Canoes and 8 men to take up a load of
baggage as far as Capt. Clark's camp and return for the
remainder of our plunder. with six others I now set to work
on my boat, which had been previously drawn out of the
water before the men departed, and in two hours had her
fraim in readiness to be deposited. had a cash dug and
deposited the Fraim of the boat, some papers and a few other

trivial articles of but little importance. the wind blew very
hard the greater part of the day. I also had the truck wheels
buried in the pit which had been made to hold the tar. having
nothing further to do I amused myself in fishing and
caught a few small fish; they were of the species of white
chub mentioned below the falls, tho' they are small and few in
number. I had thought on my first arrival here that there
were no fish in this part of the river. Capt. Clark proceeded
up the river 8 miles by land (distance by water 23 1/4) and found
2 trees of Cottonwood and cut them down; one proved to be
hollow and split in falling at the upper part and was somewhat
windshaken at bottom; the other proved to be much wind-shaken.
he surched the bottom for better but could not find
any he therefore determined to make canoes of those which he
had fallen; and to contract their length in such manner as to
clear the craks and the worst of the winds[ha]ken parts making
up the deficiency by allowing them to be as wide as the
trees would permit. they were much at a loss for wood to
make axhandles. the Chokecherry is the best we can procure
for this purpose and of that wood they made and broke thir
13 handles in the course of this part of a day. had the eyes
of our axes been round they would have answered this country
much better. the musquetoes were very troublesome to them
as well as ourselves today. Sergt. Ordway proceeded up the
river about 5 miles when the wind became so violent that he
was obliged to ly by untill late in the evening when he again
set out with the canoes and arrived within 3 miles of Capt.
Clark's Camp where he halted for the night. about five miles
above whitebear camp there are two Islands in the river (Qu)
covered with Cottonwood boxalder and some sweet willow also
the undergrowth like that of the islands at this place.

Observed Equal Altitudes of the ☉. with Sextant;

       

	h m s		h m s
A.M.	8. 16. 9.	P.M.	6. 2. 20.	Altitude given at the times of observation 54°. 49′. 45.″
	". 17. 45.		". 3. 55.
	". 19. 17.		". 5. 30.

   

	h m s
Chronometer too slow on Mean Time	[blank space in MS.]

     

Observed Meridian Altd. of ☉'s. L.L. with
	55°. 27.′–″.
Octant by the back observation

Latitude deduced from this observation N. 47°. 3.′ 10.″

Observed time and distance of D's. western limb from a Antares;
* West; with Sextant.

           

	Time.	Distance		Time	Distance
	h m s			h m s
P.M.	10. 47. 21.	34°. 12′. 45.″	P.M.	10. 57. 7.	34°. 16.' 15."
	" 50. 8.	". 14. .		". 59. 31.	". 17.—.
	" 52. 38.	". 14. 30.		". 2. 11.	". 18. 30.
	". 54. 49.	". 15. 30		". 4. 24.	". 19. 15.

Observed time and distance of D's. Western limb from Pegassi;
* East, with Sextant.

           

	Time	Distance		Time	Distance
	h m s			h m s
P.M.	11. 47. 35.	73°. 11.' 15".	Astro.	12. 11. 46.	71°. 3.' 45".
	" 51. 39.	". 15.—.		". 14. 25.	". 5. 30.
	". 54. 8.	". 13. 45.		This I think is most probably Pegassi; but the star appeared very small.
	from the distance of this star I am doubtfull that it is not Pegassi therefore observed another.