Clark: August 10, 1805
Cloudy with morning rain as the party continued up a very crooked, narrow, and shallow but not rapid river. They passed a striking 150-foot cliff on the starboard side that the Indians called the Beaver's Head, with a lower 50-foot cliff opposite it spurring from a mountain about four miles off. A hard rain and hailstorm from the southwest struck at 4 p.m., soaking everyone and forcing the men to shelter under bushes. Only one deer was killed; they also retrieved a deer Joseph Fields had hung three days earlier. They camped on the starboard side near a bluff.
August 10th Satturday 1805 Some rain this morning at Sun rise and Cloudy
we proceeded on passed a remarkable Clift point on the Stard. Side about
150 feet high, this Clift the Indians Call the Beavers head, opposit at
300 yards is a low clift of 50 feet which is a Spur from the Mountain on
the Lard. about 4 miles, the river verry Crooked, at 4 oClock a hard rain
from the S W accompanied with hail Continued half an hour, all wet, the
men Sheltered themselves from the hail with bushes We Encamped on the
Stard Side near a Bluff, only one Deer killed to day, the one killed Jo
Fields 3 Days past & hung up we made use of river narrow, & Sholey
but not rapid.
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August 10th, Saturday 1805. Some rain this morning at sunrise and cloudy. We proceeded on, passed a remarkable cliff point on the starboard side about 150 feet high. This cliff the Indians call the Beaver's Head; opposite, at 300 yards, is a low cliff of 50 feet which is a spur from the mountain on the larboard side, about 4 miles away. The river is very crooked.
At 4 o'clock a hard rain from the southwest, accompanied with hail, continued half an hour. All wet, the men sheltered themselves from the hail with bushes. We camped on the starboard side near a bluff. Only one deer was killed today; the one killed by Jo Fields 3 days past and hung up, we made use of. The river is narrow and shoaly, but not rapid.
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