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| N. 30° W. | 3 ½ | ms. to a pt. of a willow Isld. on the L. S. psd. the Isld. on S. S. (1) |
| S. 75 W. | ¼ | mile to a Lard point of the same Island— the boat passed to Lard of Isld. the hill here projects to the river— |
| N. 89 W. | ¼ | to a lard pt. on the same island— the hills here leave the river— |
| N. 88 W. | ¼ | to a point on Lard main shore opposite a sand bar, took merd. Altd. ☉s L L. |
| Due W. | 1 ¼ | mile to a pt. 〈Lard〉 Stard. oposite which the hills again touch the river. |
| N. 45 W. | 1 ½ | mile to the mouth of Little Ni ma-haw
on the Lard. in a bend oposite the lower point of a large sand bar— |
| N. 30 E | 1 ½ | to a point on Lard. a deep bend to the right below this point |
| N. 30 W. | ½ | to pt. Lard. |
| N. 15 | ¾ | to a pt. of an Island. due E. from this about three miles is a large Pond |
July 15th Sunday 1804. a heavy fog this morning which Detained us untill 7 oClock, put Drewyer Sgt. Floyd on Shore, at 9 I took two Men [2] and went on Shore, with a view to Kill Some elk, passed thro open plains, and barroney lands [barrens] Crossed three butifull Small Streams of water, [3] Saw great quantity of Cherres Plums, Grapes & Berries of Difft. Kinds, the lands Generally of a good quallity, on the Streams the wood 〈Grases〉 escapes the fire, at about 7 miles I Struck the river at the mouth Ne ma har Creek about 40 yds wide, [4] near this Creek on a high part of the Prarie I had a extensive View of the river & Countrey on both Sides. on S. a contnuation of the plain as far as I could See, on the N. a bottom Prarie of about 5 ms. wide & 18 or 20 long, hills back of this Plain. I Swam across the Creek and waited for the Boat about three miles above, we camped opsd. an Island. [5]
July 15th, Sunday a heavy Fog this morning prevented our Setting out before 7 oClock, at nine I took two men and walked on the L. S. I crossed 〈two〉 three butifull Streems of runnig water heading in the Praries on those Streem the lands verry fine covered with pea Vine & rich weed [6] the high Praries are also good land Covered with Grass entirely void of timber except what grows on the water, [7] I proceeded on thro those praries Several miles to the mouth of a large Creek on the L. S. called (2) [NB: Little] Ne ma har this is a Small river, about 100 yds. above the mouth it is 40 yards wide, at the mouth (as all other Creeks & rivers falling into the Missourie are) much narrower than a little distance up. after continueing at the mouth of this Creek about an hour, I Swam across and proceeded on about 3 miles and halted to wate for the boat, which was Some distance below— In all this days march thro woods & Praries, I only Saw three Deer & 3 fawns— I had at one part of the Prarie a verry extensive view of all the Countrey around up and down the river a Considerable distance, on the Larbd. Sd. one Continul Plain, on the S. S. Some timber on the bank of the river, for a Short distance back of this timber is a bottom Plain of four or five miles back to the hills and under the hills between them & the river this plain appeared to extend 20 or 30 miles, those Hills have but little timber, and the Plain appears to Continu back of them— I Saw Great quantities of Grapes, Plums, or 2 Kinds wild Cherries of 2 Kinds, Hazelnuts, and Goosberries.
we Camped in a point of woods on the Larboard S. opsd. a large Island.
| N 30° W | 3 ½ | ms. to a pt. on a willow Isd. on the L. S. passed the head of the large Isd. on S. S. (1) |
| N 70° W | ¼ | of a Me. to L pt. on Sd. Isd. the boat passed to the L. S. Hills projects to river |
| N 89 W. | ¼ | of a Me. to a pt. of Sd. Isld. the Hills here leave the river. |
| N 88° W. | ¼ | of a mile to a pt. on main Shore L. S. opposit a Sand bar took Medn. altd. ☉ L L |
| West | 1 ¼ | ms. to a pt. on S. S. opposit to which the hills again touch the river. |
| N 45° W. | 1 ½ | ms. to the mouth of
Ne-ma-haw
Creek in a bend to L. S. (2) opsd. Low pt. of Sd. bar |
| N. 30° E | 2 | ms. to a pt. on L. S. a Deep bend to the right below the pt. |
| N 15 E. | ¾ | me. to the lower pt. of a Isd. east of this Isd. is Said to be a Pond. |
| 9 ¾ |
On the upper point of an Island [9] mentioned in the 2ed & 3rd course of this day.
Observed meridian Altd. of ☉ L. L. with Octant by back observatn. 42' 11' —"
Latitude deduced from this observatn. 40° 8' 31.8"
This evening I discovered that my Chronometer had stoped, nor can I assign any cause for this accedent; she had been wound up the preceding noon as usual. This is the third instance in which the instrument has stopt in a similar manner since she has been in my possession, tho' the fi[r]st only since our departure from the River Dubois. in the two preceding cases when she was again set in motion, and her rate of going determined by a series of equal altitudes of the ☉ taken for that purpose, it was found to be the same precisely as that mentioned in the preliminary remarks [i.e., July 22, 1804, below] to these observations, or 15 s & 5 tenths too slow in 24 h—as her rate of going after stoping, and begin again set in motion has in two instances proved to be the same, I have concluded, that whatever this impediment may procede from, it is not caused by any material injury which her works have sustained, and that when she is in motion, her error on mean time above stated, may be depended on as accurate. In consequence of the chronometer's having thus accedentally stoped, I determined to come too at the first convenient place and make such observations as were necessary to ascertain her error, establish the Latitude & Longitude, and determine the variation of the nedle, in order to fix a second point of departure. accordingly on [see Lewis's observation for July 16 below, where this note continues]
Sunday July 15th 1804. a foggy morning which Detained us untill 7 oClock, Drewyer & Sgt. Floyd went on Shore. we proceded on till Breakfast af[ter] I went on Shore with Capt. Clark on the South Side we Saw fresh Sign on bank of Elk. crossed a creek named faun Creek [10] which came in on the South Side of Missouris. we walked on over a Ridge came to high large praries & hills. we walked on found Some cherries near a handsome Spring River named cherry Run, at which we drank at the forks then followed it or one branch to the head which came out of a ridige which joined the praries, and went up on a high R. Ridge of prarie where we could See all around for a long distance in the open praries or as far as our eyes could behold, and on the opposite Side of the Missouris we Saw a large & extensive prarie which looked verry handsome, we walked along the hill prarie came to a large Creek called ne-ma-haw Creek whic is about 30 yds. wide we delayed their till the boat came in Site then crosed & went on to a point where the Boat came & Camped, the flanking party who were with the horses did not join us this night, Jo. Fields went out on the North Side & killed a Deer.— we found plenty of ripe grapes along the Bottoms.
Sunday July 15th 1804 Set out at Six oclock A. m pased a Creek on the South〈e〉 Side Called Plumb Run water verry Strong passed a Creek on the South Side Called Nemahaw Creek it is about 30 yards wide the Land is High and Good. encamt on the South〈e〉 Side
Sunday 15th. We got under way at six o'clock; passed a creek [11] on the south side; and gathered some ripe grapes. There is high land and prairies on this side. Captain Clarke and two men went by land. At the head of an island, called Elk island, we found some pummice stone among the drift wood. We passed a creek on the south side, called Na-ma-ha, and encamped on the same.
Sundy 15 the Morning was foggy had to wait Untill it went off Passd. the River namd. Nishnay Baton [12] at 3 Oclock passd. the little Mohaugh Got to Camp [13] on the Mohaugh prarie. Roed. 11 Miles
Sunday July 15th The morning being foggy, we had to waite 'till it cleared away, at 9 o'Clock A. M. we set off, and passed a River called Nishna Balon, at 3 oClock P. M. passed the little Mahaw River; and encamped at the Mahaw Priari, having rowed 11 Miles this day— The little Mahaw River lies on the South side of the Mesouri.—
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