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  Clark
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  September 22, 1804
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  22nd of September Satturday 1804 a thick fog this morning detained us 
  untill 7 oClock passed a butifull inclined Prarie on both Sides in which 
  we See great numbers of Buffalow feeding (1) took the Meridean 
  altitude of the Suns upper Leimb. 92° 50' 00" the SexSecnt the Latd# 
  produced from this Obsivation is 44° 11' 33" 3/10 North (2) passed a Small 
  Island on the L# S# imediately above passed a Island Situated nearest the 
  L# S# abt# 3 miles long, behind this Isd# on the L# S# a Creek Comes in 
  about 15 yards wide, this Creek and Islands are Called the 3 Sisters a 
  butifull Plain on both Sides of the river (3) passed a Island Situated 
  nearest the S# S# imedeately above the last Called Ceder Island this 
  Island is about 11/2 miles long & nearly as wide Covered with Ceder, 
  on the South Side of this Island Mr# Louiselle a trader from St# Louis 
  built a fort of Ceder & a good house to trate with the Seaux & 
  wintered last winter; about this fort I observed a number of Indian Camps 
  in a Conicel form, ¬ they fed their horses on Cotton limbs as appears. 
  here our hunters joined us havening killed 2 Deer & a Beaver, they 
  Complain much of the Mineral Substances in the barren hills over which 
  they passed distroying their mockersons. 
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   (4) we proceeded on and Camped late on the S# Side below a Small Island in 
  the bend S# S# Called Goat Island. The large Stones which lay on the Sides 
  of the banks in Several places lay Some distance in the river, under the 
  water and is dangerous &#. 
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  I walked out this evening and killed a fine Deer, the musquiters is verry 
  troublesom in the bottoms 
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