Clark: July 6, 1805
Around midnight a heavy southwest wind brought rain, and at daybreak a black cloud rolled in from the southwest with continuous thunder, lightning, and a tremendous half-hour downpour of rain and musket-ball-sized hail that blanketed the ground, accompanied briefly by strong wind. The morning stayed cloudy, clearing later in the day. Clark sent four men in two canoes up to the falls to hunt buffalo for skins and meat, while others worked on the boat. He caught some small fish in the evening.
July 6th Satturday 1805 a heavy wind from the S W and Some rain about mid
night last, at day light this morning a verry black Cloud from the S W,
with a Contined rore of thunder & Some lightening and rained and
hailed tremendiously for about 1/2 an hour, the hail was the Size of a
musket ball and Covered the ground. this hail & rain was accompand. by
a hard wind which lasted for a fiew minits. Cloudy all the forepart of the
day, after Part Clear. dispatched 4 men in 2 Canoes to the falls, to kill
Buffalow, for their Skins & Meat others employd about the boat, I
cought Some Small fish this evening.
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July 6th, Saturday 1805. A heavy wind from the SW and some rain about midnight last night. At daylight this morning a very black cloud came from the SW, with a continued roar of thunder and some lightning, and it rained and hailed tremendously for about half an hour. The hail was the size of a musket ball and covered the ground. This hail and rain was accompanied by a hard wind which lasted for a few minutes.
Cloudy all the forepart of the day, the latter part clear. Dispatched 4 men in 2 canoes to the falls to kill buffalo for their skins and meat. Others were employed about the boat. I caught some small fish this evening.
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