William Clark: June 26, 1804
June 26th Tuesday 1804 — We Set out early, the river falling a little, the wind from the S. W. Passed the mouth of a Small river on the L. Side above the upper point of a Small Island, called Blue Water River. We Killed a large rattle Snake, Sunning himself in the bank, passed a bad Sand bar, where our tow rope broke twice, & with great exertions, we rowed round it and came to & camped, in the Point above the Kansas [Kanzas] River. I observed a great number of Parrot queets this evening, our Party killed Several Deer to day.
Source: Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1904–05). Public domain.
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