Clark: August 11, 1805
On a cloudy Sunday morning following a sunrise shower, with winds from the southwest, the party traveled past a large island Clark named '3000 Mile Island' for its distance by water from the Missouri's mouth. They navigated through a wide bottomland threaded with small bayous and bordered by elevated plains, passing additional small islands before camping on the upper point of a large island. Hunters took three deer, an antelope, several otter (killed by tomahawk), and a beaver struck with a setting pole. Clark also noted privet growing along the banks.
August 11th Sunday 1805. a Shower of rain this morning at Sun rise, Cloudy
all the morning wind from the S W passed a large Island which I call the
3000 mile Island as it is Situated that distance from the mouth of the
Missouri by water, a number of Small Bayoes running in different
directions thro the Bottom, which is about 5 miles wide, then rises to an
ellivated plain on each Side which extends as far. passed Several Small
Islands and a number of Bayoes on each Side and Encamped on the upper
point of a large Island, our hunters killed three Deer, one antilope, and
Tomahawked Several Orter to day killed one Beaver with a Setting pole. I
observed Some bunches of Privey on the banks
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August 11th, Sunday, 1805. A shower of rain this morning at sunrise; cloudy all the morning, wind from the SW. Passed a large island which I call the 3000 Mile Island, as it is situated that distance from the mouth of the Missouri by water. A number of small bayous run in different directions through the bottom, which is about 5 miles wide, then rises to an elevated plain on each side which extends as far.
Passed several small islands and a number of bayous on each side, and camped on the upper point of a large island. Our hunters killed three deer and one antelope, and tomahawked several otter today. Killed one beaver with a setting pole. I observed some bunches of privet on the banks.
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