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cd and we continued our voyage ; passed prairies on 
both sides, and encamped on the north side. The- 
riycr here is very crooked and winding. To arrive 
at a point only 370 yards from this place, the pas- 
sage by water is twelve miles. 
Mofiday tth. We proceeded at an early hour this 
morning, after a stormy night of wind and rain ; 
pas^sed a creek on the north side, at the back of an 
island, called Soldiers creek ; and encamped on the 
south side. 
Tuesday 7th, We set out early this morning and 
continued our voyage till 12, when four of our peo- 
ple were dispatched to the Oto nation of Indians af- 
ter the man who had not returned on the 4th, with 
orders to take him, dead or alive, if they could see 
him. /There is no rimber in this country, except 
some cotton wood and v/illows in the bends of the 
river. All the high land is a continued prairie. Wc 
encamped on the north side. The musquetoes here 
are very nnmerous and troublesome. 
Wednesday 8th, We embarked early, passed a 
small river on the north side, called Little Sioux. 
Captain Clarke and one of the men went out to hunt 
and killed an elk. One of the hunters killed a pelican 
on a sand bar, and C iptain Lewis killed another, very 
large. We encamped on the north bank. In the bag 
under the bill and nerk of the pelican, v/hich Captain 
Lewis killed, we put five gallons of water. 
Thursday 9th, The fog was so thick this morning, 
that we could not proceed before 7, when we went on 
under a gentle bi^eeze, and having advanced eleven 
miles, ckme to a place Avhere the river by cutting 
through a narrow neck of land, reduced the distance 
fifteen miles. Captain Clarke and one of the men 
went out to hunt and killed a small turkey. We en- 
camped on the south side, where we found the nius- 
quetoes very troublesome. 
^ Friday \Qth, We embarked early, passed 'higli 
