[Clark:]
May 12th Sunday 1805
Set out at an early hour, the morning clear and calm, Capt
Lewis walked on Shore this morning about 12 oClock the
wind became strong from the E. about half past one oClock
the wind Shifted round to the N.W. and blew verry hard all
the latter part of the day, which obliged us to Lay by. The
countrey is hilley & rugged and the earth of a lightish brown
and but indifferent, some small cedar is scattered on the Sides
of the hils & in the hollars, some pine ridges is also to be seen
on the North Side, we observe great quantities of game as
usial. I killed a beaver on the water, Saw Several Sitting on
the bank near the waters edge
Course & Distance 12th. of May
|
mile |
|
| S. 45°. W. |
1 |
to a point of high wood on the Stard Side passing a
Bluff on the Ld Side above which a Creek 20 yds
wide falls in L.S. |
| S. 70°. W. |
2 1/2 |
to a point of cotton wood on the Lard Side |
| S. 30°. W. |
1/2 |
to the upper part of the point on the Lard Side
opposit a bluff S.S. |
| S. 22°. E. |
2 |
to a white tree in a bend to the Ld. S. |
| S. 40°. W. |
1 1/2 |
to the point on the Stard. Side opposit a Bluff on the
L.S. |
| S. 60°. W. |
2 1/2 |
to the upper part of a timberd bottom in a bend to
the Std. Side |
| S. 40°. W. |
1 3/4 |
to a point of wood land on the Lard Side, opposit to
which Pine Creek falls in on the Stard Side 20
yards wide |
| S. 10°. E. |
1 1/2 |
to a willow point on the Stad Side |
| S. 45°. W. |
1 |
on the Stard Side opposit a Bluff |
| N. 54°. W. |
1 1/2 |
to some timber in the center of the Stard Bend |
| S. 15°. W. |
1 |
to a point of wood land on the Lard Side opposit a
Bluff. |
| S. 10° W. |
2 |
to a point of wood land on the Stard Side opposit a
high Bluff on the Lard Side, the river makeing a
deep bend to the S E in which there is a Willow
Island, opposit the lower point of which we camped
on the Lard Side |
|
18 3/4 |
|
about sunset it began to rain, and rained very moderately
only a fiew drops at a time for about half the night, wind
continued violent all night.
