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  Clark
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  July 27, 1804
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  White Catfish Camp 10 ms above Platt 27th of July Friday, a Small Shower 
  of rain this morning, at 10 oClock Commence Loading the Boat & 
  perogue; had all the Ores Completely fixed; Swam over the two remaining 
  horses to the L# S# with the view of the Hunters going on that Side, after 
  Getting everry thing Complete, we Set Sale under a gentle breeze from the 
  South and proceeded on, passed a Island (formd by a Pond fed by Springs) 
  on the L# S# of high Land Covered with timber, in the 2nd bend to the 
  right a large Sand Island in the river a high Prarie on the S# S#. as we 
  were Setting out to day one man Killed a Buck & another Cut his Knee 
  verry bad Camped in a Bend to the L# Side in a Coops of Trees, a verry 
  agreeable Breeze from the N W# this evening. I Killed a Deer in the Prarie 
  and found the Misquitors So thick & troublesom that it was 
  disagreeable and painfull to Continue a moment Still. 
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  I took one man R# Fields and walked on Shore with a View of examoning Som 
  mounds on the L# S# of the river ¬ those mounds I found to be of 
  Deffirent hight Shape & Size, Some Composed of Sand Some earth & 
  Sand, the highest next to the river all of which covered about 200 acres 
  of land, in a circular form on the Side from the river a low bottom & 
  Small Pond. The Otteaus formerly lived here I did not get to the boat 
  untile after night. 
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