1893.] ^ • [Colics. 



Codex La. — Fragment. Biddle deposit. No number. In poor order ; 

 one sheet in bad order. Sheets 4|, folios 9, pages 18, of a folded note- 

 paper, not matching paper from any of the bound books, and one slieet 

 not matching the rest. Lewis' Journal, July 3-15, 1806, the making of 

 "Lewis and Clark's Pass." We will call it "The Pass Codex." 



Note. — This is by far the most important of all the fragments, and un- 

 happily in the worst order of all the manuscripts. Sheet 1, folios 2, pages 

 4, is larger than the rest, thin and now very brittle. Having been han- 

 dled and picked with smaller sheets, the edges are ragged, especially at 

 bottom. The last line on each of the four pages was probably going in 

 Biddle's time, for he has interlined some words that were then in danger 

 of becoming illegible. Others that were only made out with difficulty 

 when I got the manuscript I have interlined to like purpose ; and cer- 

 tainly every word is saved. The top was in the same state, but has no 

 lines so near the edge, and I have trimmed it smooth. This sheet is badly 

 stained, also, perhaps from getting wet when Lewis f«»rded a river with it 

 in his pocket. The Pass is made July 7, at the bottom of p. 7 of this 

 fragment. The MS. ends illegibly near the bottom of p. 18. Two other 

 hands make a memorandum across the blank space, to the effect that this 

 fragment belongs to Biddle's No. 12, my Codex L, where 10 folios were 

 left blank by Lewis for its inserliou, and where it should be carefully 

 copied into the clean book. 



Codex Lb. — Fragment. Biddle deposit. No number. In good order. 

 Folios 4, pages 7 written -j- 1 blank, paper like that of the red books. 

 Li5Wis' Journal, Aug. 9-12, 1806, and last ; includes his being shot by 

 Cruzatte, 



iVy^e.— Sole basis of Biddle's pp. 363-365, Vol. ii. 



Codex M. — One of the thirteen red morocco cover books. Biddle de- 

 posit. Biddle's No. 13. In perfect order inside and out, bra^s clasp 

 intact. Folios 76, but pages 154, including one side of each marbled fly- 

 leaf. Clark's Journal, complete, June 7, 1806, to Aug. 14, 1806. Par- 

 allel narrative with Lewis' to July 3, when the party separated, then 

 Clark's sole narrative of the journey from Traveler's Rest creek to the 

 Jefferson river, making "Clark's Pass," thence down the Jefferson, up 

 the Gallatin, over to the Yellowstone, and down this to its mouth, below 

 which the separated pirlies reunited; als > weather diary, June to Aug., 

 1806. This may be known as " The Yellowstone Codex." 



Contents. — (I) Chopunnish Indian sketch map of various rivers, pp 1, 2. 

 (2) Journal as said, pp. 3-145. (4) Weather diary, Aug., July and 

 June, pp. 146-152, properly reading bickwards. (5) Blank, p. 153. 

 (6) Certain memoranda, p. 154 (back flyleaf). 



Note. — The sketch map is that mentioned in Biddle, as drawn by Cho- 

 punnish Indians and copied on paper by Clark. It was never engraved. 

 With Lewis' parallel narrative to July 3, this codex is the basis of Biddle, 

 Vol. ii, pp. 309-332 : then it is sole basis of pp. 366-404. 



