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  Clark
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  April 12, 1805
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  12th April Friday 1805 a fine morning Set out verry early, the murcery 
  Stood 56° above 0. proceeded on to the mouth of the Little Missouri river 
  and formed a Camp in a butifull elivated plain on the lower Side for the 
  purpose of takeing Some observations to fix the Latitude & Longitude 
  of this river. this river falls in on the L# Side and is 134 yards wide 
  and 2 feet 6 Inches deep at the mouth, it takes its rise in the N W 
  extremity of the black mountains, and through a broken countrey in its 
  whole course washing the N W base of the Turtle Mountain which is Situated 
  about 6 Leagues S W of its mouth, one of our men Baptiest who came down 
  this river in a canoe informs me that it is not navagable, he was 45 days 
  descending. 
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  One of our men Shot a beaver Swimming below the mouth of this river. 
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  I walked out on the lower Side of this river and found the countrey hilley 
  the Soil composed of black mole & a Small perportion of Sand 
  containing great quantity of Small peable Some limestone, black flint, 
  & Sand Stone I killed a Hare Changeing its Colour Some parts retaining 
  its long white fur & other parts assumeing the Short grey, I Saw the 
  Magpie in pars, flocks of Grouse, the old field lark & Crows, & 
  observed the leaf of the wild Chery half grown, many flowers are to be 
  seen in the plains, remains of Minetarra & Ossinneboin hunting Camps 
  are to be Seen on each Side of the two Missouris 
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  The wind blew verry hard from the S# all the after part of the day, at 3 
  oClock P M# it became violent & flowey accompanied with thunder and a 
  little rain. We examined our canoes &c found Several mice which had 
  already commenced cutting our bags of corn & parched meal, the water 
  of the little Missouri is of the Same texture Colour & quallity of 
  that of the Big Missouri the after part of the day so Cloudy that we lost 
  the evening observation. 
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