[Clark:]
May the 11th. Saturday 1805
Wind hard fore part of last night the latter part verry cold
a white frost this morning, the river riseing a little and verry
crooked the high land is rugged and approaches nearer than
below, the hills and bluff[s] exhibit more mineral qua[r]ts
& salts than below, the gullies in maney places are white, and
their bottoms one, two & 3 Inches deep of this mineral, no
appearance of either burnt pumice stone or coal, the countrey
hilley on both sides, of a rich black earth, which disolves in
water. This kind of countrey continues of the Same quallity
for maney miles on either Side, we observed some hills which
appeared to be timbered, I walked to this timber and found
it to [be] pitch pine & Dwarf cedar. we observe in every
derection Buffalow, Elk, Antelopes & Mule Deer inumerable
and so jintle that we could approach near them with great ease,
I killed 2 Mule Deer for the benifit of their Skins for the
party, and about the place I expected the party would get to
camp I killed 2 fat Bulls for theire use, in my absence they
had killed a fine fat yellow bear below which detained them
and they did not reach the place I expected, but had camped
on the Lard Side about 2 miles below on my return to the
party I killed a fat Beaver the wind blew verry hard from the
S. W. all the after part of this day which retarded our progress
verry much. river rose 2 In.
Course & Distance the 11th. of May
|
miles |
|
| South |
1 1/2 |
to the upper part of a high timber on the Stard Side
passing over a sand point from the Ld Side |
| S. 50°. W. |
1 1/2 |
to the upper part of the timber'd in a bend to the
Stard Side. |
| South |
3/4 |
to the Commencement of a wood on the Std. Side opsd. a
point on L.S. |
| S. 68°. E. |
1 3/4 |
to the uppar part of the timber in a bend on the Lard
Side passing over a sand bar from Stard point |
| S. 10°. E. |
1 1/2 |
to the upper part of a sand bar on the Stard Side opposit
a Bluff |
| S. 85°. W. |
2 |
to some timber in the center of a bend on the Stard Side
passing a sand point on the Lard at 3/4 of a mile |
| S. 10°. E. |
1 |
to a point of wood land on the Lard Side |
| S. 40° E. |
2 1/2 |
to the point of a Sand bar on the Stard Side opposit a
low bluff |
| S. 86° W. |
1 1/4 |
to a point of wood land on the Lard Side passing a pt of
wood land on S. S. at 1/2 m. a Deep bend to N. W. |
| S. 75° W. |
1 |
to a high bluff point in a bend to the Std Side S W
3 miles is a ridge of high land covered with pins
which is the first we have seen on Missouri |
| S 25° E. |
2 1/4 |
to the pt of a sand bar on the Stard 1/2 a mile below
which, we encamped |
| miles |
17 |
|
