Clark: September 20, 1804
September the 20th Thursday 1804 Detchd. 3 men across the Big bend (Called
the Grand deTour) with the horse, to stay and hunt & jurk provisions
untill we get around (1) passed a Island on the S. S. the river Crouded
with Sand bars,
20th of September 1804 Thursday (Continued) (1) at the N W. extremity of
this bend passed an Small Island on the L. S. opposit the upper Point of
this Solitary Island Came too to _____ at the mouth of a Small run on the
S. S. & Newmon & Tomson picked up Some Salt mixed with the Sand in
the run, Such as the ottoes Indians Collect on the Sands of the Corn de
Cerf R. & make use of, Camped on a Sand bar on the S. S. above the
IslandI went out to examine the portage which I found quit Short
2000 yards only, the Prarie below & Sides of the hills containing
great quantites of the Prickly Piar which nearly ruind my feet, I saw a
hare, & I beleve he run into a hole, he run on a hill &
disapeared, I Saw on this hill several holes. I Saw Several Goats Elk Ders
&c. & Buffalow in every Detection feeding. R. Fields Killed a Deer
& 2 Goats one a female, which differs from the male as to Size being
Something Smaller, Small Straight horns without any black about the neck
Camped late
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20th of September, Thursday 1804 a fair morning wind from the S E detached
2 men to the 1st. Creek abov the big bend with the horse to hunt and wait
our arrival proceeded on passed the lower Island opposit which the Sand
bars are verry thick & the water Shoal. I walked on Shore with a view
of examining this bend Crossed at the narost part which is a high
irregular hills of about 180 or 190 feet, this place the gorge of the Bend
is 1 mile & a quarter (from river to river or) across, from this high
land which is only in the Gouge, the bend is a Butifull Plain thro which I
walked, Saw numbrs of Buffalow & Goats, I saw a Hare & believe he
run into a hole in the Side of a hill, he run up this hill which is Small
& has Several holes on the Side & I could not See him after, I
joined the boat in the eveningpassed a Small Island on the L. S. in
the N. W. extremity of the bind Called Solitary Island, and Camped late on
a Sand bar near the S. S.R. Fields killed 1 Deer & 2 Goats one
of them a feemaleShe Differs from the mail as to Size being
Smaller, with Small Horns, Stright with a Small prong without any black
about the neck None of those Goats has any Beard, they are all Keenly
made, and is butifull
