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State of the Koskooske
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at ☉ rise |
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Day of the Month |
State of the weather at ☉ rise |
Wind at ☉ rise |
State of the weather at 4 P.M. |
Wind at 4 P.M. |
raised or fallen |
Feet |
Inches and parts |
| 1st | f a r T & L. | S E | f a c | N W | r | 1 | 6 |
| 2ed | c a c | N W | f a c | S E | r | 8 | |
| 3rd | c a f & c | S E | c a f | S E | r | 6 | |
| 4th | c a r | S. E. | f a c | N W | r | 1½ | |
| 5th | f | S E. | f | N W | r | 4 | |
| 6th | f | S. E. | f | N W | f | 1 | |
| 7th | c a r | N W | c a f r & h | N W | f | 3 | |
| 8th | c | S E | c a f | N W | f | 7 | |
| 9th | c | S E | f a c | N W | f | 3½ | |
| 10th | f | S E | f | N W | f | 1 | |
| 11th | f | S E | f | N W | |||
| 12th | f a r T L | S E | f | N W | |||
| 13th | c | S E | c a f | N W | |||
| 14th | f | S E | f | N W | |||
| 15th | c | N W | r a f & r | N W | |||
| 16th | f a c | S E | c a f | S E | |||
| 17th | c a r | E | c a f & r | S E | |||
| 18th | c a r | E | c a r & h | S W | |||
| 19th | f a c | S E | f | N W | |||
| 20th | f | S E | f | N W | |||
| 21st | f | S E | f | N W | |||
| 22cd | f | N W | f | N W | |||
| 23rd | f | N W | f | N W | |||
| 24th | f | N W | f a c [3] | N W | |||
| 25th | c a r | S E | c a r | N W | |||
| 26th | c a r | S E | f | S E | |||
| 27th | f a r & T. [4] | S E | f | S E | |||
| 28th | f. | S E | f | S E | |||
| 29th | f | S E | f a r h & T. | S E | |||
| 30th | f | S E | f | N W | |||
| 1st | about dark last evening had a slight rain from a heavy thunder cloud which passed to the E & N. E. of us. |
| 2nd | have slept comfortably for several nights under one blankett ony. The river from sunrise untill 10 A. M. yesterday raised 1½ inches; from that [t]ime untill dark fell 4½, and in the course of the last night raised again 8 Inches as stated in the diary. the Indians inform us that the present rise of the river is the greatest which it annually takes, and that when the water now subsides to about the hight it was when we arrived here the mountains will be passable. I have no doubt but that the melting of the mountain snows in the begining of June is what causes the annual inundation of the lower portion of the Mis- souri from the 1st to the Middle of July.— |
| 3d | The weather has been much warmer for five days past than previ- ously, particularly the mornings and nights— |
| 4th | rained greater part of last night but fell in no great quantity— yes- terday the water was at it's greatest hight at noon, between which and dark it fell 15 inches and in the course of the night raised 1½ inches [6] as stated in the diary. from the indian information the river will now subisde and may therefore be said to have been at it's greatest annual hight on the 3rd inst. at noon.— |
| 5th | last night was colder than usual but no frost.— the river fell 3½ inches in the course of the day [7] and raised 4 I. last night as [s]tated in the diary. this fluctuating state of the river no doubt is caused by the influence of the sun in the course of the day on the snows of the mountains; the accession of water thus caused in the day dose not reach us untill night when it produces a rise in the river.— The wild roots is in blume. the river fell 10 Ins. in the course of this day. |
| 6th | in the course of the last night the river raised a little but fell by morning 1 inch lower than what it stood at last evening. the seven bark and the yellow vining honeysuckle are just in blume. a few of the does have produced their young. strawberries [8] ripe near the river— [9] |
| 7th | rain but slight both last evening and today. but little hail tho' large. The river fell three inches last night and 7 yesterday. The goose berries [10] fully grown also the servis berry. |
| 8th | river fell 8 In. in the course of yesterday 7 last night |
| 9th | river fell 9 In. yesterday. [11] |
| 10th | do fell 5 ½ in. couse of yesterday [12] having left the river today I could not longer keep it's state; it appears to be falling fast and will probably in the course of a few days be as low as when we first arrived there. it is now about 6 feet lower than it has been. [13] |
| 11th | at the quawmash Flats [14] |
| 12th | slight sprinkle of rain in the forepart of the night.— |
| 13th | The days for several past have been warm, the Musquetoes trouble- some |
| 15th | it began to rain at 7 A.M. and continued by showers untill 5 P.M. [15] |
| 16th [16] | on the tops of the hills the dog tooth violet is just in bloom grass about 2 inches high small Huckkleberry just puting fourth it's leaves &c. |
| 17th | rained slightly a little after sunset air cool. rained from 1 to 3 P.M. [17] |
| 18th | obliged to return. [18] |
| 19th | returned to quawmash flats. [19] |
| 22ed | hard frost this morning tho' no ice. Strawberries ripe at the Quaw- mash flats, they are but small and not abundant.— |
| 23rd | hard frost this morning ice one eighth of an inch thick on standing water |
| 24th | Set out a 2d time from quawmash flats [20] |
| 25th | rained a little last night, some showers in the evening— |
| 26th | Slight rain in the fore part of the last evening— [21] |
| 27th | Thunder shower last 〈the〉 evening some rain a little before dark last evening. [22] |
| 28th | nights are cool in these mountains but no frost. |
| 29th | night cold hard frost this morning. the quawmash and Straw- berries are just begining to blume at the flatts on the head of the Kooskooske. [23] The Sun flower [24] also just beginning to blume, which is 2 months later than those on the Sides of the Western Mountains near the falls of Columbia. [25] |
| 30th | We are here Situated on Clarks river in a Vally between two high mountains of Snow. [26] |
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