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  Clark
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  July 29, 1804
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  July 29th Sunday 1804 Sent a french man la Liberty with the Indian to 
  Otteaze Camp to invite the Indians to meet us on the river above ¬ a 
  Dark rainey morning wind from the W# N# W# ¬ rained all the last night ¬ Set 
  out at 5 oClock opposit the (1) Island, the bend to the right or S# S# is 
  within 20 feet of Indian Knob Creek, the water of this Creek is 5 feet 
  higher than that of the River. passed the Isld# we Stoped to Dine under 
  Some high Trees near the high land on the L# S# in a fiew minits Cought 
  three verry large Catfish (3) one nearly white, Those fish are in great 
  plenty on the Sides of the river and verry fat, a quart of Oile Came out 
  of the Surpolous fat of one of these fish (4) above this high land & 
  on the S# S# passed much falling timber apparently the ravages of a 
  Dreadfull harican which had passed obliquely across the river from N# W# 
  to S E about twelve months Since, many trees were broken off near the 
  ground the trunks of which were Sound and four feet in Diameter, (2) about 
  3/4 of a Me# above the Island on the S# S# a Creek corns in Called Boyers 
  R# this Creek is 25 yards wide, one man in attempting to Cross this Creek 
  on a log let his gun fall in, R# Fields Dived & brought it up 
  proceeded on to a Point on the S# S# and Camped. 
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