Clark: June 8, 1805
Rain fell through the night and into the morning until 10 a.m., when skies cleared. Clark grew uneasy because Lewis was overdue from his scouting trip. He had the men's arms cleaned, allowed some to hunt, and aired the stores. He noted the river had dropped six inches, the south fork ran reddish-brown while the other was whitish, and snow capped the southern mountains. Around 5 p.m., Lewis returned exhausted, reporting he had traveled about 60 miles up the river, which was 80–100 yards wide with a strong current.
June 8th Saturday 1805 rained moderately all the last night & Some
this morning untill 10 oClock, I am Some what uneasy for Capt. Lewis &
party as days has now passed the time he was to have returned, I had all
the arms put in order and permited Severall men to hunt, aired and dried
our Stores &c. The rivers at this point has fallen 6 Inches Sinc our
arrival, at 10 oClock cleared away and became fairthe wind all the
morning from the S. W. & hardThe water of the South fork is of
a redish brown colour this morning the other river of a whitish colour as
usual-The mountains to the South Covered with Snow. Wind Shifted to the N
E in the evening, about 5 oClock Capt. Lewis arrived with the party much
fatigued, and inform’d me that he had assended the river about 60 miles by
Land and that the river had a bold current of about 80 or 100 yards wide
the bottoms of Gravel & mud, and may be estimated at 5 feet water in
Sholest parts
Some rain in the evening. the left hand fork rose a little.
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June 8th, Saturday 1805. It rained moderately all last night and some this morning until 10 o'clock. I am somewhat uneasy for Capt. Lewis (Capt. Lewis) and his party, as days have now passed beyond the time he was to have returned. I had all the arms put in order and permitted several men to hunt, and aired and dried our stores, etc. The rivers at this point have fallen 6 inches since our arrival. At 10 o'clock it cleared away and became fair. The wind all the morning was from the S.W. and hard. The water of the South fork is of a reddish brown color this morning; the other river is of a whitish color as usual. The mountains to the South are covered with snow. The wind shifted to the N.E. in the evening. About 5 o'clock Capt. Lewis arrived with the party, much fatigued, and informed me that he had ascended the river about 60 miles by land, and that the river had a bold current of about 80 or 100 yards wide, with bottoms of gravel and mud, and may be estimated at 5 feet of water in its shallowest parts.
Some rain in the evening. The left hand fork rose a little.
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