Clark: June 8, 1805

June 8th Saturday 1805 rained moderately all the last night & Some
this morning untill 10 oClock, I am Some what uneasy for Capt. Lewis &
party as days has now passed the time he was to have returned, I had all
the arms put in order and permited Severall men to hunt, aired and dried
our Stores &c. The rivers at this point has fallen 6 Inches Sinc our
arrival, at 10 oClock cleared away and became fairthe wind all the
morning from the S. W. & hardThe water of the South fork is of
a redish brown colour this morning the other river of a whitish colour as
usual-The mountains to the South Covered with Snow. Wind Shifted to the N
E in the evening, about 5 oClock Capt. Lewis arrived with the party much
fatigued, and inform’d me that he had assended the river about 60 miles by
Land and that the river had a bold current of about 80 or 100 yards wide
the bottoms of Gravel & mud, and may be estimated at 5 feet water in
Sholest parts

Some rain in the evening. the left hand fork rose a little.