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  Clark
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  September 10, 1804
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  10th September Monday 1804. a Cloudy dark morning Set out early, a Gentle 
  breeze from the S# E, passed two Small Islands on the L# S# and one on the 
  S# S# all in the first Course at 101/2 miles passed the lower point of an 
  (2) Island Covered with red Ceeder Situated in a bend on the L# S# this 
  Island is about 2 Moles in length (1) below this on a hill on the L# S# we 
  found the back bone of a fish, 45 feet long tapering to the tale, &c# 
  those joints were Seperated and all petrefied, opposit this Island 11/2 
  miles from the river on the L# S# is a large Salt Spring of remarkable 
  Salt water. one other high up the hill 1/2 me# not So Salt. 
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  we proceeded on under a Stiff Breeze. three miles above Ceder Island 
  passed a large Island on the S# S, no water on that Side (3) Several elk 
  Swam to this Island passed a Small Island near the Center of the river, of 
  a mile in length, and Camped on one aboav Seperated from the other by a 
  narrow Chanel, Those Islands are Called Mud Islands ¬ the hunters 
  killed 3 fuffalow & one Elk to day. The river is falling a little, 
  Great number of Buffalow & Elk on the hill Sides feeding deer Scerce 
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  we came too at the mouth of a Creek on the L# S# at Dark in a heavy Shower 
  of rain, it Continued to rain the greater part of the night, with a hard 
  wind from the N W Cold 
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