[Clark, first draft:]
October 13th. Sunday 1805.
Rained a little before day, and all the morning a hard wind
from the S West untill 9 oClock, the rained seased & wind luled,
and Capt Lewis with two canoes set out & passed down the
rapid The others soon followed and we passed over this bad
rapid safe. We should make more portages if the season was
not so far advanced and time precious with us.
Course & Distance 13th
| S. 20°. W |
2 |
miles to a Lard Bend passed in the Greater part of the
distance thro a bad rapids, rocks in every derection.
Channel on the Lard Side about the center of the
long rapid |
| S. 70°. W |
3 |
miles to a large Creek in the Ld. bend. passed a bad
rockey rapid at 2 miles many rocks |
| N. 50°. W. |
5 |
miles to a large creek Std. bend at 2 Indian cabins
passed a bad rapid for 4 miles water compressed in
a narrow channel not more than 25 yards for about
1 ½ miles saw several Indians, this place may be
called the narrows or narrow rapids great fishery |
| N. 75°. W. |
2 |
miles to the Stard. bend |
| S W. |
2 ½ |
miles to a Lard. bend |
| N. 80°. W. |
3 |
miles to a Stard. bend |
| S. 60°. W. |
2 |
miles on the Std. side passed a rapid |
| S. 40°. W. |
3½/30 |
miles to a Lard. bend high clifts the parts of an
Indian house scaffoled up on the Lard Sd. opposit a
Picketed grave yard. we came to on the Stard. Side
& camped. Two Indians whom we left at the
forks over took us on horsback & wishes to accompany
us. no game.
The wife of Shabono our interpreter we find reconsiles
all the Indians, as to our friendly intentions a
woman with a party of men is a token of peace |
October 13th. Sunday 1805
A windey dark raney morning the rain commenced before
day and continued moderately untill near 12 oClock we took
all our Canoes through this rapid without any injurey a little
below passed through another bad rapid at [blank space in
MS.] miles passed the Mo: of a large Creek [at 5 m in the
Lard. bend we call Ki-moó-e-nimm[7]
Creek] At 10 Ms. [a] little
river in a Stard. bend, imediately below a long bad rapid
[Drewyers River][8]
in which the water is confined in a Chanel
of about 20 yards between rugid rocks for the distance of a
mile and a half, and a rapid rockey chanel for 2 miles above.
This must be a verry bad place in high water, here is great
fishing place, the timber of Several houses piled up, and a
number of wholes of fish, and the bottom appears to have
been made use of as a place of deposit for their fish for ages
past, here two Indians from the upper forks over took us
and continued on down on horse back, two others were at this
mouth of the Creek. we passed a rapid about 9 mile lower.
at dusk came to on the Std. Side & Encamped. Th[e] two
Inds. on horse back Stayed with us. The Countery thro'
which we passed to day is Similar to that of yesterday open
plain no timber passed several houses evacuated at established
fishing places, wind hard from the S. W. in the evening and
not very cold[9]
