Journal Entry

Lewis: September 20, 1804

September 20, 1804
Meriwether Lewis Missouri River near Big Bend

Septr. 20th on the lard. shore at the commencement of the big bend
observed a clift of black porus rock which resembled Lava tho on a closer
examination I believe it to be calcarious and an imperfect species of the
French burrpreserved a specemine, it is a brownish white, or black
or yellowish brown-

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