Clark: April 13, 1805

13th of April Satturday 1805 Set out this morning at 6 oClock, the
Missouri above the mouth of Little Missouri widens to nearly a mile
containing a number of Sand bars this width &c. of the River Continues
Generally as high as the Rochejhone River.

Cought 3 beaver this morning, at 9 miles passd. the mouth of a Creek on
the S. S. on the banks of which there is an imence quantity of wild onions
or garlick, I was up this Creek 1/2 a m. and could not See one Stick of
timber of any kind on its borders, this creek is 16 yds wide 1/2 a mile up
it and discharges more water than is common for Creeks of its Size. at
about 10 miles higher we pass a Creek about 30 yards wide in a deep bend
to the N W. This creek I took to be a Small river from its Size & the
quantity of water which it discharged, I ascended it 11/2 mes and found it
the discharge of a pond or Small Lake which has appearance of haveing been
once the bead of the river, Some Small Streams discharge themselves into
this Lake. the Countery on both Side is butifull elevated plains assending
in Some parts to a great distance near the aforesaid Lake (which we call
Goose egg L from a Circumstance of my Shooting a goose on her neast on
Some Sticks in the top of a high Cotton wood tree in which there was one
egg) We Saw 8 buffalow at a distance, We also Saw Several herds of Elk at
a distance which were verry wild, I Saw near the Lake the remains of 43
lodges, which has latterly been abandond I Suppose them to have been
Ossinniboins and now near the british establishments on the Ossinniboin
River tradeing. we camped on the S. S. in a butifull Plain. I observe more
bald Eagles on this part of the Missouri than usial also a Small Hawk
Killed 2 Antelopes in the river to day emence numbers of Geese to be seen
pared &c. a Gange of brant pass one half of the gange white with black
wings or the large feathers of the 1 s & 2d joint the remds. of the
comn. color. a voice much like that of a goos & finer &c.