Clark: May 28, 1804
Heavy rain, thunder, and strong southwest winds battered the camp overnight near the mouth of the Gasconnade River. Hunter Reuben Fields killed a deer, and another hunter encountered six Indians also out hunting. Clark measured the Gasconnade at 157 yards wide and 19 feet deep. The large pirogue, manned by eight French hands, was unloaded and found to contain many wet items, including spoiled tobacco, due to carelessness; goods were laid out to dry. Cloudy skies prevented observations. The river began to rise, and the men's arms were inspected and found in order.
Monday 28th May rained hard all the last night Some wind from the S W, one
Deer Killed to day, one Man fell in with Six Indians hunting, onloaded the
perogue, & found Several articles Wet, Some Tobacco Spoiled. river
begin to rise
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May 28th Munday 1804 Gasconnade Rained hard all last night Some thunder
& lightening hard wind in the forepart of the night from the S W.
Ruben Fields Killed a Deer Several hunter out to day I measured the river
found the Gasconnade to be 157 yds. wide and 19 foot Deep the Course of
this R. is S 29° W, one of the hunters fell in with 6 Inds. hunting,
onloaded the large Perogue on board of which was 8 french hands found many
things wet by their cearlenessness, put all the articles which was wet out
to Drythis day So Cloudy that no observations could be taken, the
river begin to rise, examine the mens arms and equapage, all in Order
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Monday 28th May. It rained hard all last night. There was some wind from the southwest. One deer was killed today. One man fell in with six Indians hunting. We unloaded the pirogue and found several articles wet, with some tobacco spoiled. The river begins to rise.
May 28th Monday 1804, Gasconnade. It rained hard all last night, with some thunder and lightning, and a hard wind in the forepart of the night from the southwest. Ruben Fields killed a deer. Several hunters were out today. I measured the river and found the Gasconnade to be 157 yards wide and 19 feet deep. The course of this river is S 29° W. One of the hunters fell in with 6 Indians hunting. We unloaded the large pirogue, on board of which were 8 French hands, and found many things wet from their carelessness. We put all the articles that were wet out to dry. This day was so cloudy that no observations could be taken. The river begins to rise. I examined the men's arms and equipage, and all is in order.
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