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Day of the Month |
State of the ther- mometer at ☉ rise |
Weather |
Wind at ☉ rise |
State of the ther- mometer at 4 OC. P.M. |
Weather |
Wind at 4 OC. P. M. |
State raised or fallen |
of the Feet |
river Inches or parts |
| 1st | 50 a | c | S. W. | 62 a | c | 1 ½ | |||
| 2nd | 56 a | c a r | S. W. | 68 a | f | S W | |||
| 3rd | 46 a | f | S W | 60 a | f | S W | |||
| 4th | 48 a | f a c | N E | 61 a | f | S W | f | ¾ | |
| 5th | 40 a | r | S. W | 42 a | c a r | N.E. | f | ¾ | |
| 6th | 35 a | c a r | N. E. | 42 a | r a r | N E. | f | 1 ½ | |
| 7th | 40 a | c a r | S. W. | 43 a | r a r | S W | f | 1 ½ | |
| 8th | 41 | r a r | S. W. | 48 a | f a r | S W | f | 1 ¼ | |
| 9th | 50 | f | S W. | 62 [2] | f | S W | f | 1 | |
| 10th | 52 a | f | S. W | 68 a | f a r | S.W. | r | 2 | |
| 11th | 54 a | f | S. W | 66 a | f | S W. | |||
| 12th [3] | 54 a | f | S W | 64 | f a r | S. W. | |||
| 13th | 52 a | f | S. W. | 72 | f | S. W. | r | ¾ | |
| 14th | 60 a | f | S W | 74 | f | S. W | f | ¾ | |
| 15th | 60 a | f | S. W. | 76 | f | S W | f | ½ | |
| 16th | 64 | c a r | S W | 58 | f | S W | r | ½ | |
| 17th | 50 a | c | S W | 57 | c | S. W | f | ½ | |
| 18th | 48 a | c | S. W. | 64 a | f a c | S. W. | f | ½ | |
| 19th | 52 a | f | S W | 70 a | f | S. W | f | ½ | |
| 20th | 49 a | c | S W | 74 a | f a r | S. W | f | ¼ | |
| 21st | 49 a | f | S. W | 70 a | c | S. W. | f | ¼ | |
| 22cd | 45 a | c | S W | 54 a | f | S W | f | ½ | |
| 23d | 48 a | f | S. E. | 65 a | c | S. E | f | ¼ | |
| 24th | 49 a | c a r | S. E. | 74 a | f a c | S W | f | ||
| 25th | 47 a | c a r | S. W. | 72 a | f | S. W. | |||
| 26th | 49 a | f | S. W. | 78 a | f | S W | r | ½ | |
| 27th | 49 a | f | S. W. | 77 | f a r & H. T L [4] |
S W | r | 1 ¼ | |
| 28th | 46 a | f | S. W. | 75 | c a f | S W | r | 2 | |
| 29th | 47 a | r. T & L | S. W. | 77 | f | S. W. | r | 4 ½ | |
| 30th | 49 a | f | S. W. | 76 | f | S. W. | r | 2 ¼ |
| 2cd | rained a few drops only |
| 3rd | Cought the 1st White Chub, and a fish resembling the Hickory Shad in the Clear Stream [6] |
| 5th | rained considerably some Snow fell on the mounts. great num- bers of the sparrows larks, Curloos and other small birds common to praries are now laying their eggs and seting, their nests are in great abundance. the large batt, or night hawk appears. [7] the Turkey buzzard appears.— [8] first saw the mountain cock near the entrance of Maria's river.— |
| 6th | rained hard the greater part of the day— |
| 7th | rained moderately all day |
| 8th | cleared off at 10 A M. |
| 11th | Capt. Lewis & 4 men Set out up the S. fork [9] |
| 13th | Some dew this morng. |
| 14th | Capt. Lewis Discover the falls & Send back Joe Fields to inform me |
| 15th | The deer now begin to bring forth their young the young Mag- pies begin to fly. The Brown or grizzly bear begin to coppolate. |
| 16th | Some rain last night |
| 17th | the thermometer placed in the shade of a tree at the foot of the rappids. Capt Clark sets out to survey the river & portage |
| 19th | wind violent all day |
| 20th | wind still violent rain slight Capt. Clark returns. [10] |
| 22cd | wind not so violent. Thermometer removed to the head of the rappid and placed in the shade of a tree. [11] |
| 24th | slight rain last night & a heavy shower this evening. |
| 27th | at 1 P M a black cloud which arose in the S W. came on accom- panyed with a high wind and violent Thunder and Lightning; a great quantity of hail also fell during this storm which lasted about 2½ hours the hail which was generally about the size of a pigion's egg and not unlike them in form covered the ground to the debth of 1½ inches.— for about 20 minutes during this storm hail fell of an innomus size driven with violence almost in- credible, when they struck the ground they would bound to the hight of ten to 12 feet and pass 20 or thirty before they touched again. [12] after the rain I measured and weighed many of these hail stones and found several weighing 3 ozs. and measuring 7 Inches in cirumference; they were generally round and per- fectly sollid. I am convinced if one of those had struck a man on the neaked head it would have knocked him down, if not frac- tured his skull.— Young blackbirds which are abundant in these Islands are now beginning to fly |
| 28th | Cat fish no higher [13] |
| 29th | heavy gust of rain the morning and evening |
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