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  Clark
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  September 11, 1804
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  Sept. 11th Tuesday 1804 a cloudy morning, Set out verry early, the river 
  wide & Shallow the bottom narrow, & the river Crouded with Sand 
  bars, passed the Island on which we lay at one mile, pased three Islands 
  one on the L# S# and 2 on the S# S# opposit the Island on the L# S# I Saw 
  a village of Barking Squriel 970 yds# long, and 800 yds# wide Situated on 
  a gentle Slope of a hill, those anamals are noumerous, I killed 4 with a 
  view to have their Skins Stufed. 
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  here the man who left us with the horses 22 days ago and has been a head 
  ever Since joined, us nearly Starved to Death, he had been 12 days without 
  any thing to eate but Grapes & one Rabit, which he Killed by shooting 
  a piece of hard Stick in place of a ball. This man Supposeing the boat to 
  be a head pushed on as long as he Could, when he became weak and fiable 
  deturmined to lay by and waite for a tradeing boat, which is expected 
  Keeping one horse for the last resorse, ¬ thus a man had like to have 
  Starved to death in a land of Plenty for the want of Bulletes or Something 
  to kill his meat we Camped on the L# S# above the mouth of a run a hard 
  rain all the after noon, & most of the night, with hard wind from the 
  N W# I walked on Shore the fore part of this day over Some broken Country 
  which Continus about 3 miles back & then is leavel & rich all 
  Plains, I saw Several foxes & Killed a Elk & 2 Deer. & 
  Squirels the men with me killed an Elk, 2 Deer & a Pelican 
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  Some rain all day to day & Cold 
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  I walked on Shore Saw Several foxes Several Villages of Prarie dogs, and a 
  number of Grouse 
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