Lewis: April 28, 1805
The expedition departed early under favorable winds, making good use of their sails. Captain Clark walked along the shore while Lewis traveled with the party. They passed broken hills, fertile bottoms, and three small streams, noting abundant coal and increasing salt deposits that whitened the riverbanks like frost. Woods were greening up, though plains looked less verdant. Game was plentiful, including deer, elk, buffalo, antelope, and four brown bears, one of which was wounded but not recovered. Clark killed a deer and a goose and spotted three black bears.
Sunday April 28th 1805. Set out this morning at an early hour; the wind
was favourable and we employed our sails to advantage. Capt Clark walked
on shore this morning, and I proceeded with the party. the country through
which we passed today is open as usual and very broken on both sides near
the river hills, the bottoms are level fertile and partially covered with
timber. the hills and bluffs exhibit their usual mineral appearances, some
birnt hills but no appearance of Pumicestone; coal is in great abundance
and the salts still increase in quantity; the banks of the river and
sandbars are incrusted with it in many places and appear perfectly white
as if covered with snow or frost.the woods are now green, tho the
plains and meadows appear to abate of the verdure those below exhibited
some days past. we past three small runs today. two falling in on the
Stard. and one on the Lard. side, they are but small afford but little
water and head a few miles back in the hills. we saw great quantities of
game today; consisting of the common and mule deer, Elk, Buffaloe, and
Antelopes; also four brown bear, one of which was fired on and wounded by
one of the party but we did not get it; the beaver have cut great
quantities of timber; saw a tree nearly 3 feet in diameter that had been
felled by them. Capt. Clark in the course of his walk killed a deer and a
goose; & saw three black bear; he thinks the bottoms are not so wide
as they have been for some days past.
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Sunday, April 28th, 1805. We set out this morning at an early hour; the wind was favorable and we used our sails to advantage. Capt Clark (Capt. Clark) walked on shore this morning, and I proceeded with the party. The country through which we passed today is open as usual and very broken on both sides near the river hills; the bottoms are level, fertile, and partially covered with timber. The hills and bluffs show their usual mineral appearances, some burnt hills but no sign of pumice stone; coal is in great abundance and the salts still increase in quantity. The banks of the river and sandbars are encrusted with it in many places and appear perfectly white, as if covered with snow or frost. The woods are now green, though the plains and meadows appear to be losing some of the greenness they showed a few days ago.
We passed three small streams today, two flowing in on the Starboard (Starboard) side and one on the Larboard (Larboard) side; they are small, provide little water, and have their sources a few miles back in the hills. We saw great quantities of game today, consisting of the common and mule deer, elk, buffalo, and antelope; also four brown bear, one of which was fired on and wounded by one of the party, but we did not get it. The beaver have cut great quantities of timber; we saw a tree nearly 3 feet in diameter that had been felled by them. Capt. Clark, in the course of his walk, killed a deer and a goose, and saw three black bear; he thinks the bottoms are not so wide as they have been for some days past.
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