@section 2 {day} @section 3 {au} Clark @section 3 {dt} September 23, 1804 @section 3 {txc} 23rd Septr. Sunday 1804 (days and nights equal) Set out early under a gentle Breeze from the S E N# 46°W 33/4 Miles to the mo# of a Creek on the S# S# passd# a pt# on the L# S# (1) a Small Island opsd# in the bend to the S# S# This Island is Called goat Island, (1) this Creek is 10 yards wide. passed bad Sand bars ¬ S# 46°W 23/4 mes# a wood at a Spring in the bend to the L# S# Saw the Prarie a fire behind us near the head of Ceder Island L# S# N# 80° W# 41/2 to the lower pt of Elk Island pass 2 Willow Islands & Sand I saw this morning 12 of those Black & white birds of the corvus Species. = Capt Lewis went out to hund on the Island a great number of Buffalow in Sight I must Seal up all those Scrips & draw from my Journal at Some other time Win Clark Cpt# =