U JOURNAL, 
CHJF. Ill, 
Saturday \st Sefit. 1804. We renewed four 
i^Voyage early ; passed high bluffs on the south side, and 
high prairie land on the north ; on this side, the hiil^ 
come close to the river; and are so near on both sides, 
as not to be more than two miles from each other. 
During last night we had hard wind and some rain, 
which continues to fall occasionally during the day.— » 
About 1 o'clock we passed a rich prairie on the south 
side, and encamped on the north side, at the lower 
end of an island. 
^unday 2nd.'' ht \ o'clock last night we had hard 
thunder, lightning and rain, which continued about 
two hours. We set out early in the morning, along 
the north side of the island : there is handsome prai- 
j4e I .nd on the south. Three of our men went on the 
island to hunt. When we landed for breakfast we 
heard several guns fired on the island, and saw six 
elk swimrning across the river about a mile above 
where we had halted. T<i.vo of our men w^t up and 
killed one of them ; those on the island killed 
three. About twelve, the wind blew so hard down 
the river, that we could not proceed, and we landed 
on the north side, v/here there is an extensive prairie. 
It was cloudy and rained till 4 when it cleared up. 
We remained here for the night and dried our meat* 
On the bank opposite our camp is an ancient fortifi- 
cation or V^reastwork, similar to those which have 
been occasionally discovered on the western waters. 
The two ends run at right angles to the river, and 
the outside, which is 2500 yards in length, parallel to 
it : there is no breastwork thrown up next to the ri- 
