Clark: July 27, 1804

White Catfish Camp 10 ms above Platt 27th of July Friday, a Small Shower
of rain this morning, at 10 oClock Commence Loading the Boat &
perogue; had all the Ores Completely fixed; Swam over the two remaining
horses to the L. S. with the view of the Hunters going on that Side, after
Getting everry thing Complete, we Set Sale under a gentle breeze from the
South and proceeded on, passed a Island (formd by a Pond fed by Springs)
on the L. S. of high Land Covered with timber, in the 2nd bend to the
right a large Sand Island in the river a high Prarie on the S. S.-. as we
were Setting out to day one man Killed a Buck & another Cut his Knee
verry bad Camped in a Bend to the L. Side in a Coops of Trees, a verry
agreeable Breeze from the N W. this evening. I Killed a Deer in the Prarie
and found the Misquitors So thick & troublesom that it was
disagreeable and painfull to Continue a moment Still.

I took one man R. Fields and walked on Shore with a View of examoning Som
mounds on the L. S. of the riverthose mounds I found to be of
Deffirent hight Shape & Size, Some Composed of Sand Some earth &
Sand, the highest next to the river all of which covered about 200 acres
of land, in a circular form on the Side from the river a low bottom &
Small Pond. The Otteaus formerly lived here I did not get to the boat
untile after night.