Clark: June 19, 1805

June 19th Wednesday 1805 We went on the Island to hunt the White bear this
morning but Could not find him, after plotting my Courses &c. I
deturmined to dry the meat we killed and leave here, and proceed up the
river as far as it bent to the S. E. and examine a Small Creek above our
Camp, I Set out and found the Creek only Contained back water for 1 mile
up, ascend near the Missouri 3 miles to the bend, from which place it
turnd. Westerly, from this bend I with 2 men went forward towards the Camp
of the party to examine the best ground for the portage, the little Creek
has verry extencive bottoms which Spread out into a varriety of leavl rich
bottoms quite to the mountains to the East, between those bottoms is hills
low and Stoney on this declivity where it is Steep. I returned to Camp
late and deturmined that the best nearest and most eassy rout would be
from the lower part of the 3rd or white bear Island, the wind all this day
blew violently hard from the S W. off the Snowey mountains, Cool, in my
last rout I lost a part of my notes which could not be found as the wind
must have blown them to a great distance. Summer duck Setting great
numbers of buffalow all about our Camp