Clark: October 8, 1805

8th Octr. 1805 Tuesday a cloudy morning Changed Canoes and buried 2 Lead
canisters of Powder 2 foot 4 In. North of a dead toped pine opposit our
Camp & opposit the mouth of a run after repareing leaks in the Canoes
Sprung Coming over the rapids yesterday Set out at 9 oClock

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October 8th Tuesday 1805 A Cloudy morning loaded our Canoes which was
unloaded last night and Set out at 9 oClock passed 15 rapids four Islands
and a Creek on the Stard Side at 16 miles just below which one canoe in
which Serjt. Gass was Stearing and was nearle turning over, She Sprung a
leak or Split open on one Side and Bottom filled with water & Sunk on
the rapid, the men, Several of which Could not Swim hung on to the Canoe,
I had one of the other Canoes unloaded & with the assistance of our
Small Canoe and one Indian Canoe took out every thing & toed the empty
Canoe on Shore, one man Tompson a little hurt, every thing wet
perticularly the greater part of our Small Stock of merchindize, had every
thing opened, and two Sentinals put over them to keep off the Indians, who
are enclined to theave haveing Stole Several Small articles those people
appeared disposed to give us every assistance in their power dureing our
distressWe passed Several Encampments of Indians on the Islands and
those near the rapids in which places they took the Salmon, at one of
Those Camps we found our two Chiefs who had promised to accompany us, we
took them on board after the Serimony of Smokeing