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  Clark
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  August 24, 1806
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  Sunday 24th August 1806 a fair morning we Set out as usial about Sunrise 
  and proceeded on untill 2 P M when the wind blew So hard from the N# W# 
  that we could not proceed came too on the S W# Side where we continued 
  untill 5 P#M# when the wind lay a little and we again proceeded on. at 8 a 
  M# we passed La~hoo~catts Island, opposit the lower point of this Island 
  on the S# W# Side near the top of the Bluff I observed a Stratea of White 
  stone I landed and examined it found it to be a Soft White Stone 
  containing very fine grit, when expd# to the Sun and become Dry this Stone 
  will Crumble the Clay of this bluff to the above and below is remarkably 
  Black. at half past 9 a.m. passed Good hope Island and at 11 a. m passed 
  Caution Island a Short distance below this Island we came too. Sent out a 
  hunter he Saw Several deer they were very wild and he returned without 
  haveing killed any, the deer on this pt# of the Missouri is mostly the 
  Mule or black tail Species. we Saw only 6 buffalow to day the Sieoux have 
  been laterly encamped on the river and have Secured the most of the game 
  opp. a large trail has passed on a derection to the enterance of the 
  Chyenne this probably is the trail of a war party. at 5 P#M# we proceeded 
  on a fiew miles and Encampd. on the gouge of the lookout bend of 20 miles 
  around and 3/4 through, a little above an old tradeing house and 4 miles 
  above of our outward bound encampment of the 1st of October 1804, haveing 
  made 43 miles to day. 
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