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  Clark
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  September 2, 1804
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  2nd of Sept. Sunday 1804 ¬ Set out early & proceeded on passed the 
  Island & Came too above below a yellow Bluff on the S S# the Wind 
  being hard from the N W# verry Cold Some rain all day much Thunder & 
  lightning G Drewyer R# Fields Howard & Newmon Killed four fat Elk on 
  the Isld# we had them Jurked &the Skins Stretched to Cover the 
  Perogues water riseing, I observe Bear grass & Rhue in the Sides of 
  the hills at Sunset the wind luled and cleared up cool ¬ Aired the 
  meet all in high Spirits ¬ Shannon & the man Sent after him has 
  not yet joind us 
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  2 Sepr. description of a antient fortification 
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  (1) From the river on the top of the antient fortification at this the 12 
  foot high 75 feet Base first Corse is from the river is S 76° W 96 yards. 
  S 84° W# 53 yds# at this angle a kind of ravilene covering a Saleport, 
  bearing East widing N 69 W 300 yds# passed a gate way at 280 yds# the bank 
  lower & forming a right angle of 30 yards ¬ two wings or mounds 
  running from a high nold to the West of the way one 30 yards back of the 
  other Covering the gate (at this place the mound is 15 feet 8 Inches 
  higher than the plain forming a Glassee outwards & 105 feet base N# 32 
  W# 56 yards N# 20 W# 73 yards this part of the work is about 12 feet high, 
  leavel & about 16 feet wide on the top) at the experation of this 
  course a low irregular work in a Direction to the river, out Side of which 
  is several ovel mounds of about 16 feet high and at the iner part of the 
  Gouge a Deep whole across the Gauge N# 
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  32 W 96 yds# to the Commencment of a wall of about 8 feet high N#81° W# 
  533 yards to a Deep pond 73 yds in Deamuter, and 200 yards further to a 
  Saleport, where there is evident marks of its being Covered, the Same 
  Course Contined 1030 yards to the river bottom. 
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  One half of the first part of the Fortification is washed into the river, 
  a Second line, has run from the Northrn extremity parrelel with the river 
  (as it appears to have run at that time) N# 56 W# this of different hith 
  from 4 to to 10 feet ¬ The high land is about 3 me# from this 
  fortress, and rise to Small mountains Say from 3 to 400 feet the high land 
  on the opposit or North Side of the Missourie is 110 feet forming a yellow 
  Clay bluff to the water and is leavel back as fur as can be Seen. I am 
  informed by the inteperter & french, that they have Seen, numbers of 
  those fortifications in different parts of this Cty. pirtcularly on the 
  Platt Kansies and the North of this place on the river Jacque. 
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  two Small fortifications is on the Arc Creek on the upper side 1st 1/4 of 
  a mile up & the 2d 1/4 higher, nearly Square each angle 100 yards 
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