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June 20th Wednesday 1804 Set out after a heavy Showr of rain and proceeded on the Same Course of yesterday S. 83° W. 3 ms. passed Some Sand Isds. in the bend to L. S. bad water a large creek on the S. S. called Tiger Creek, [1] a willow and a large Isd. [2] above S. S.,
| S 42° W. | 1 | m alg L. S. wind S. W. hard, Some high land on L. S. |
| S. 46° W | 2 | ms. to P: L. S. psd. the head of the Isd. |
| S. 50° W, | 1 ½ | me. pt. L. S. opsd. an Isd. and large Butifull Prarie called Sauke Prarie, pass hard water, Saw Pilicans on a Sand bar |
| S. 70 W | along L. S. passd. Isd. ¾ Me. Swift water, one remark- able circumstance in the water of this River is a free use of it will create prespreation, the Swet run off our men in a Stream when th[ey] row hard, York verry near loseing his Eyes by one of the men throwing Sand at him in fun & recved into his eyes— passed Some bad water. |
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| S. 25° W | 1 ½ | me. pt. on the S. Side, we came to at ½ a me. on the lower point of a Willow Isd S. S. in View of a Sand bar on both sides of the Isd. over which the water riffleed and roered like a great fall, We took Some Luner observations of the moon & Stars Set up untill one oClock the Musquetors verry troublesome our flank Guard or Hunters [Shields and Collins] have not been with us for two nights, We saw them to day at the Mouth of the Tiger R, the lands on the L S. is very fine & well timbered near the river and appears equally good on the other side but not so high [3] |
Set out after a heavy Shower of rain and proceeded on the Same Course of last night passed a large butifull Prarie on the S. S. opposit a large Island, Calld Saukee Prarie, a gentle breese from the S. W. Some butiful high lands on the L. S. passed Som verry Swift water to day, I saw Pelicans to day on a Sand bar, my servant York nearly loseing an eye by a man throwing Sand into it, we came too at the lower Point of a Small Island, [4] the party on Shore we have not Seen Since we passed Tiger R— The Land appeard verry good in each Side of the River to day and well timbered, we took Some Loner [lunar] observations, which detained us untill 1 oClock a butifull night but the air exceedingly Damp, & the mosquiters verry troublesom
| S. 42° W. | 1 | me. along L. S. |
| S. 46° W | 2 | me. to pt. S. S. psd. an Isd. |
| S. 51° W | 1 ½ | ms. to pt. L. S. opsd. Isd & Sauckee Prairie on S. S. |
| S. 70° W | ¾ | me. along L. S. water bad |
| S. 25° W | 1 ½ | ms. to a pt. S. S. psd. Isd & bad Sand |
| 6 ¾ |
On a small Island about one mile & ¾ below Euebaux's Creek .— Observed time and distance of ☽ from Spica ♍ ★ West.—
| Time | Distance | |||||
| h | m | s | ||||
| P. M. | 10 | 59 | 40.3 | 46° | 17' | 25" |
This is the mean of a set of six observations.
Magnetic azimuth of Pole star by Circumferenter well adjusted with spert. levl. [spirit level] N. 7° 55 W
| h | m | s | ||
| Time by Chronometer | P.M. | 12 | 49 | 46.6 |
T[h]is is the mean of a set of six observations suffering several minutes to elaps between each.—
Wednesday June 20th 1804, we Set out at 5 oC and after some rain passed Tiger Creek [6] on the N. Side passed Some high land on the South Side. we passed a large Beutiful prarie called Sauke prarie, we had verry hard water all this day. we passed Some high land on the South Side, Saw Some Crabb apple Trees [7] on the bank &C. [8]
Wensday June 20th 1804 Set out 〈as yousel late〉 Clouday day Rain, Srong 〈late〉 water past Several Isd. Came 12 miles ouer Hunters Did not Return Last night encamped on an Isd in the middel of the River
Wednesday 20th. At five in the morning we continued our voyage, passed Tiger creek, a large creek that flows in from the north, and encamped on an island. The land along here is good on both sides of the river.
Wendy 20th Rain came on as we was a goeing to start in the morning Shortly after Got fair the hunters [9] Came to the bank of the River. the[y] Killd. a bear brought the Skin left the Meat as it was poor the Currant was Strong towd Our boat Untill we Came to the head of the Strong watter Island whare the watter run So Rappid that the men of the french Peirouge Could not make headway by Roeing Or poleing the[y] had to jumpd. out and push her through the water Incampd On the point of and Islanand Calld. Strong water point Roed. 12 Miles
Wednesday June 20th This morning as we were preparing to start a Rain came on which detained us, for some time, in about an hour the weather got clear, and our hunters who had crossed the River, early this morning came to the opposite bank of the River having killed a bear, but it proving very poor they brought only the Skin with them, the Meat being unfit for use, we started having our boat to tow, the current of the River being so strong that we found it impossible either to Row or pole her. We proceeded on 'till we came to the head of strong Water Island, where the River ran so strong, that the Canadians who were in a Pettiauger could make no headway either by Rowing or poling, but were forced to jump into the River and push her through the water, We encamped on the point of an Island called strong Water point. We towed our boat 12 Miles this day.
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