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Day of the Month |
State of the Ther- mometer at ☉ rise |
Weather at ☉ rise |
Wind at ☉ rise |
State of the Ther- mometer at 4 P. M. |
Weather at 4 P.M. |
Wind at 4 P.M. |
| [September] 1st | 38 a | c | N W | 67 a | c | N W |
| 2nd | 36 a | c. a. r | N E | 60 a | c a r h | N E |
| 3rd | 34 a | c. a. r | N E. | 52 a | c a r | N E |
| 4th | 19 a | r. a. S. | N E | 34 a | c a r | N E |
| 5th | 17 a | c. a. s | N E. | 29 a | c a r & s | N E |
| 6th | c. a. r. | N E | r | N E | ||
| 7th | c. a. r | N E | c a r | N E | ||
| 8th | c | N E | c a r | N E | ||
| 9th | c. a. r | N E | f a r | N E | ||
| 10th | f | N W | f | N W | ||
| 11th | f | N W | f | N W | ||
| 12th | f. | N W. | f | N E | ||
| 13th | c | N E | r | N E | ||
| 14th | c. a. r | S W | c a r. & S. [2] | S W | ||
| 15th | c a L & s [3] | S W | s | S W | ||
| 16th | c a s | S W | f | S W. | ||
| 17th | f | S W | f | S W. | ||
| 18th | f | S W | f | S W. | ||
| 19th | f | S W | f | S W. | ||
| 20th | f | S W | f | S W. | ||
| 21st | f | S E | f | S W. | ||
| 22nd | f | S W | f | S W | ||
| 23rd | f | S W | f | S W. | ||
| 24th | f a r t & L [4] | S E | f a r [5] | S E. | ||
| 25th | f | E | f | S W. | ||
| 26th | f | E | f | S W. | ||
| 27th | f | E | f | S W. | ||
| 28th | f | E | f | S W. | ||
| 29th | f | E | f | S W. | ||
| 30th | f | E | f | S W. |
| [September] 2nd | Service berries dried on the bushes abundant and very fine. black colour. |
| 3rd | Choke Cherries ripe and abundant. |
| 4th | ice one inch thick. |
| 5th | Ground Covered with Snow. |
| 6th |
Thermometer broke by the Box strikeing against a tree [7] |
| 8th | Mountains Covered with Snow to the S. W. a sin- gular kind of Prickly Pears. |
| 9th | arrived a[t] travelers rest Creek |
| 10th | Met 3 flat head Indians in the pursute of 2 Snake indians who had taken their horses [8] |
| 12th | Mounts to our left Covered with Snow |
| 13th | a hot Spring |
| 14th | killed and eat a colt [9] |
| 15th | no water we are obliged to Substitute the coald Snow. [10] |
| 16th | Snow commenced about 4 oClock A. M. and con- tinued untill night. it is about 7 inches deep. ice one inch thick. [11] |
| 17th | Killed & eate the 2d Coalt |
| 18th |
Capt Clark goes on a head with the hunters. hard black frost this morning |
| 19th | rose raspberry ripe and abundant. [12] |
| 20th | I found a horse had him killed & hung up for the party behind |
| 21st | I arrive at the Flat head Camp of 200 lodges in a Small prarie [13] |
| 22nd | purchased Some provisions roots &c Send Rubin Fields back with Some Provisions to meet Capt. Lewis. |
| 23rd | I joined Capt Lewis at the flat head village last night |
| 24th | a thunder cloud last evening. [14] |
| 25th | I proceed to the forks worm day |
| 26th | Form a Camp at the forks |
| 27th | Several Indians visit us in from below. Set about building 5 canoes. day very warm |
| 29th | ¾ of the party Sick. Day very hot |
| 30th | Great numbers of Small Ducks pass down the river. hot day |
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