Journal entry by Clark
a fair morning, the River rise a little we got fast on a Snag Soon after we Set out which detained us a Short time passed the upper Point of the Island Several Small Chanels running out of the River below a 〈Bluff〉 [NB: cliff of rocks called the arrow rock][4] & Prarie (Called the Prariee of Arrows) where the river is confined within the width of 〈300〉 [NB: 200] yds. Passed a Creek of 8 yds. wide Called Creek of Arrows, this Creek is Short and heads in the Praries on the L. S. passed a Small Creek Called Blackbird Creek S. S. and One Islands below & a Prarie above on the L. S. a Small Lake above the Prarie— opposit the Lower point of the 2d. Island on the S. S. we had like to have Stove our boat, in going round a Snag her Stern Struck a log under Water & She Swung round on the Snag, with her broad Side to the Current expd. to the Drifting timber, by the active exertions of our party we got her off in a fiew Mints. without engerey and Crossed to the Island where we Campd. our hunters lay on the S. S. the Perogue Crossed without Seeing them & the banks too uncertain to Send her over— Some wind from the S accompanied with rain this evening— The Lands on the S. S. is a high rich bottom the L. S. appears oven [open?] and of a good quallity runing gradually to from fifty to 100 foot.Journal entry by Whitehouse
Satery 9 Got on our way at the usal hour roed. 7 miles Stopd to take dinner at the End of a large Island above the arrow prarie the distance from the latter to the River Charrotte River[7] is 14 miles the hunters did Not Come 〈in〉 as the Storm was Great [illegible, crossed out] the peirouge Could not Cross for them Roed 15 MilesJournal entries from:
Lewis, Meriwether, Clark, William, et al. September 4, 1806. The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Ed. Gary Moulton. Lincoln: U of Nebraska Press, 2002.The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 2005. U of Nebraska Press / U of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries-Electronic Text Center. 5 Oct. 2005 .
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