Clark: June 4, 1804

June 4th 1804 Monday, a fair Day Sent out 3 hunters, our mast broke by the
boat running under a tree Passed an Islands on Stbd Side on which grow
Seeder a Creek at ____ miles on the Starbd Sd. Course N. 30° W 4 ms. to
pt. on St. Side below 2d Isd. passed a Creek on Lbd Side 15 yd. wide, I
call Nightingale Creek. this Bird Sang all last night and is the first of
the kind I ever herd, below this Creek and the last Passed a Small Isd on
the Stbd. N. 25 W. 3 ms. to a pt. on St. Sd. passed a Sm. Isd. on St. Sd.
and Seeder Creek on the Same Side 20 yds wide passed a Creek on Lbd Sd. 20
yd wide, I call Mast Creek, this is a Short Creek, fine land above &
below the mouth. Jentle rise of about 50 foot, Delightfull Timber of Oake
ash walnut hickory &c. &c. wind from N W. by W. N. 58° W. 71/2 ms.
passed a Creek Called Zoncar on the Lbd Side, N 75 W 3 me. to a pt, S. Sd.
called Batue a De charm, a plain on the hill opposit. I got out &
walked on the L Sd. thro a Charming Bottom of rich Land about one mile
then I assended a hill of about 170 foot on the top of which is a Moun and
about 100 acres of Land of Dead timber on this hill one of the party says
he has found Lead ore a verry extensive Cave under this hill next the
river, the Land on the top is fine, This is a very bad part of the river
Seven Deer Killed to day by our huntersone of the horses is Snaged,
the other lost his Shous to day the Bottom on the St. Side to day is
covered with rushes, not verry good ____ the high land Comes to the bank
on the Labd Side and good 2d rate land.

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June 4th Monday 1804 a fair day three men out on the right flank passed a
large Island on the St. Side Called Seeder Island, this Isd. has a great
Deel of Ceedar on it, passed a Small Creek at 1 ms. 15 yd. Wide which we
named Nightingale Creek from a Bird of that discription which Sang for us
all last night, and is the first of the Kind I ever heard. passed the
mouth of Seeder Creek at 7 ms. on the S. S. abt. 20 yds. Wide above Some
Small Isds. passed a Creek on the L. S. abt. 15 yds. wide. Mast Creek,
here the Sergt. at the helm run under a bending Tree & broke the mast,
Some delightful) Land, with a jentle assent about the Creek, well
timbered, Oake, Ash, walnut &c. &c. passed, wind N W. by W. passed
a Small Creek Called Zan Can C on the L. S; at this last point I got out
and walked on the L. Sd. thro a rush bottom for 1 Miles & a Short
Distance thro Nettles as high as my brest assended a hill of about 170
foot to a place where the french report that Lead ore has been found, I
saw no mineral of that description, Capt Lewis Camped imediately under
this hill, to wate which gave me Some time to examine the hill, on the top
is a moun of about 6 foot high and about 100 Acres of land which the large
timber is Dead in Decending about 50 foot a projecting lime Stone rock
under which is a Cave at one place in this projecting rocks I went on one
which Spured up and hung over the Water from the top of this rock I had a
prospect of the river for 20 or 30 ms. up, from the Cave which incumposed
the hill I decended by a Steep decent to the foot, a verry bad part of the
river opposit this hill, the river Continu to fall Slowly, our hunters
killed 7 Deer to day The land our hunters passed thro to day on the S. S.
was Verry fine the latter part of to day. the high land on the S. S. is
about 2d rate