THE MISSOURI AND PLATTE RIVERS, ETO. 43, 
August 18, 54a. m., clear, wind east, 4; wind soon changed to the 
south, 6; 1 p.m clear ; wind south, 6. 
August 49, 4 a. m. : clouds, _5; cirrus, wind south, 4; all day it was 
south, 6; 7 p. m., nearly calm 
August 20, 54 a. m., clouds, 4; thunder during the morning; rained 
a little during the day ; 7 p. m., clouds, 94 nimbus ; wind north, 5. 
. August 21, 54 a. m. , clouds, 9: wind northeast, 1 ; Tp ley clear, 
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August 22, 53 a. _m., clear and calm. 
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Observations from Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie, 
August 25, 6a. m., foggy ; wind southeast ; day clear and warm. 
" August 26, 27 and 28, —Cloudy in, the morning ; clear and warm at 
noon, and i “ the evening. 
St oF a. m., clouds, 10; wind east, 1; day clear and warm. 
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a ust 30, 44 a. m., clouds, 1; wind east, 6: 3 p.m., clouds, 2; | 
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August 31, 6 a.m., calm; clouds, 1, in the horizon to the north ; 
= no dew; clouds soon moved south with northeast wind, 5, and covered 
. the whole sky; 43 p. m., wind north, 4; clouds, 5; thermometer 81; 
fe wet bulb 71°; temperature of the Platte 13.5 1 the night there was 
a violent thunder storm, and a heavy fall of rain; a horse was killed 
by the lightning. 
September 1, 54 a. m., calm; Dates 8; 3} p. m., clouds, 2; cumu- 
lus in the horizon : cirrus over ead ; ind southeast £1. 
September 2, 6h a. , all mist ae etid: northeast, 1; 6 p. m.,. 
cumulus, clouds, 25 wind southeast, 2. 
Septembe 7 3.—Cu mulus ; clouds filled the sky nearly all day, and 
showers were in several par rts of the horizon with thunder; 9 p. m 
commenced raining har 
September 4 and 5—Warm. a 6, heavy rain at 5 p. m. 
September 7, 8 and 9.—Warm fair. 
September 10, 54 a. a Sea eloditi, 5; calm ; aD. m., clouds, 
10; cumulus and nimbus; wind nort west, 
September 11, 6 a. m., clouds, 10; wind northeast, @ 
September 12, og &. Mi. +, clouds, 10; wind northeast, 1. 
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Observations from Fort Kearny to Fort Laramie. 
wn goon 13, 54 a. m.—Clouds, 1; cirrus, calm, heavy dew; day 
clear and hot i 
Septem er 14, 6 a m.—Clouds, 2 in horizon ; calm ee 
oe 15, 6 a. m. —Clouds, 3 cirro vate i cali 5 day very oo 
5 Micleber 16.—Dense fog in the morn - 
ember 19, 8 a, m.—Clouds, 10, ; ietud southeast, 6; raining a 
| “es and = so all night. 
: 2, 5p. m.—Thermometer 66° ; clouds, 93 ; wind west, 5. 
