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delayed a Short time for the three french men who returned and we Set out at 6 oClock a Cloudy morning rained Violently hard last night Saw Several people on the bank to day & passed 〈many〉 Several Small farms. Capt. Lewis walk on Shore a little & passed a Camp of Kickapoo Indians, [1] & incamped in the mouth of a Small Creek in a large Bend on the Stbd Side. [2]
| S 60° W. | 3 | miles Passed the upper point of the Isd. on which we lay last night to a pt. L: Sd. |
| S: 43° W | 4 | miles— this Course passes a pt. on Lbd. Sd. and this an Island in the Mid: R: to a pt. St. Sd. |
| West | 3 ½ | miles psd. the Mo: of Bonom [Bonhomme] Creek
[3] Lbd. Sd. at 1½ ms an Isd. in mid: R: to pt on Sbd. Sd. abov |
| S. 75° W. | 7 ½ | Miles— psd. a pt. on Lbd. round an Isd. bend to the N: 2 Sm: Isd. opsd. one nearest the Larboard Side to the pt. in the Cent. to Stb. opposit the lower pt. of Tavn. [Tavern] Isld: [4] and at the mouth of Osage Woman river [5] |
| Total | 18 |
a Cloudy morning Delay one hour for 4 french men who got liberty to return to arrange Some business they had forgotten in Town, at 6 oClock we proceeded on, passed Several Small farms on the bank, and a large creek on the Lbd. Side Called Bonom [NB: bon homme] a Camp of Kickapoos [NB: an Indian nation residing on the heads of Kaskaskia & Illinois river 90 miles N E of the mouth of the Missouri, & hunt occasionally on the Missouri ] on the St. Side Those Indians told me Several days ago that they would Come on & hunt and by the time I got to their Camp they would have Some Provisions for us, we Camped in a Bend 〈under〉 at the Mo: of a Small creek, Soon after we came too the Indians arrived with 4 Deer as a Present, for which we gave them two qts. of whiskey—
| S 60° W. | 3 | ms. to a pt. Lbd Side |
| S 43° W. | 4 | ms. to a pt. on Stbd. Side |
| West | 3 ½ | ms. to a pt. on Stbd Sd. psd Bonon |
| S 75° W. | 7 ½ | ms. to a pt. in Bend to Stbd Side at the mo. of Osage Womans R |
| 18 |
This Day we passed Several Islands, and Some high lands on the Starboard Side, Verry hard water.
Tuesday May 22d 1804. passed Bonom Creek on the South Side of the River. came 15 miles encamped on N. [over S] Side of the River, at clifts 〈our arms inspected〉 Some Indians came to us &C
Tuesday may 22d 1804 Set out after a verry hard Rain and passed Bonnon Creek on the South Side of the River came 15 mi[les] encamped on the N. Side of the river at cliftes Some Indianes Came to See us
Tuesday 22nd. We continued our voyage; passed Bonum creek on the south side, and having made fifteen miles, encamped at the Cliffs on the north side of the river. Here we were visited by some Indians.
Tuesday 22nd May 1804 [6] a fair morning. we Set out eairly proceeded on verry well passed canom [7] Creek on the Stard Several Indians came to us this evening. Gave us some venison
Tuesday May 22nd This morning being fair, we set out early and proceeded on very well. We passed Bonhom Creek, laying on the South side of the River, in the Evening, several Indians came to where we encamped, & behaved very friendly, and gave us some Venison. The course of the River still being nearly West, and the current rapid.—
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