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  Clark
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  August 1, 1804
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  August the 1st 1804 a fair morning, Sent out two men after the horses 
  & one back to examine if the Indians have been there,  żż  Beever 
  Cought last night, the air is Cool and pleasing 
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  Prepared the Pipe of Peace verry flashey. wind rose at 10 oClock and 
  blowed from the W# S# W# very pleasent all day Several men geathering 
  grapes &c# two men after the horses which Strayed the night before 
  last. those Praries produce the Blue Current Common in the U# S# the Goose 
  Berry Common in the U# S, two Kind of Honeysuckle, the Bush which I have 
  Seen in Kentucky, with a paile Pink flower, also one which grow in 
  Clusters about 4 or 5 feet high bearing a Short flour in clusters of the 
  like Colour. the leaves Single. 3 Deer & an Elk Killed to day. This 
  being my birth day I order'd a Saddle of fat Vennison, an Elk fleece & 
  a Bevertail to be cooked and a Desert of Cheries, Plumbs, Raspberries 
  Currents and grapes of a Supr# quallity. The Indians not yet arrived. a 
  Cool fine eveninge Musquetors verry troublesom, the Praries Contain 
  Cheres, Apple, Grapes, Currents, Rasp burry, Gooseberris Hastlenuts and a 
  great Variety of Plants & flours not Common to the U S# What a field 
  for a Botents and a natirless 
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