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PARTIAL RESULTS OF EXPLORATION, 
Table of Barometrical Observations and of Heights and Distances on the Missouri river. 
Station. 
Date 
—1853. 
Distances. 
Barometer readings. 
Attached thermometer. 
Open air thermometer. 
Corrected barometer. 
Elevation above the Gulf of 
Mexico. 
Day. 
Hour. 
From place to place. 
From St. Louis. 
214 
29 760 
65 
64 
29. 573 
436 4 (20) 
Howard’s Landing... 
24 
2.15 p. m. 
6 
220 
29. 72 
69.5 
67 
29. 582 
428.6 ( 6 ) 
Right bank, eleven miles below Brunswick. 
25 
1.50 p.m. 
48 
268 
29. 67 
75 
70 
29. 508 
501 
Left bank, eight miles above Miami. 
25 
7.50 p. m. 
29 
297 
29. 60 
70 
67 
29. 444 
560 (20) 
Left bank, six miles above Dover Landing. 
26 
10.20 a m. 
28 
325 
29. 54 
70 
68.5 
29. 341 
659 
Lexington. 
26 
1.15 p. m. 
8 
333 
29.52 
80 
75 
29. 324 
680 ( 20 ) 
Right bank, twelve miles above the mouth 
of the Kanzas. 
27 
11 . 10 p.m. 
79 
412 
29. 43 
60 
64 
29.281 
713 
Two miles below Fort Leavenworth.. 
28 
9.10 a. m. 
16 
428 
29. 436 
71.5 
70.5 
29. 249 
749 
Right bank, one mile above Weston. 
28 
12.30 p. m. 
9 
437 
29. 394 
82 
77 
29.199 
802 
Five miles below Columbus Landing. 
28 
9.30 p. m. 
23 
460 
29.206 
72 
69 
29. 023 
967 
St. Joseph. 
29 
2.55 p.m. 
20 
480 
Two miles below the Little Nemaha.._ 
31 
3.45 p. m. 
88 
568 
28. 984 
76. 3 
73 
28. 841 
1150.2 
Sixteen miles above the Little Nemaha— 
31 
12 p. m... 
18 
586 
28. 884 
67.5 
67 
28. 734 
1245 
Five miles below Weeping Water river... 
-June 1 
8.10 p. m. 
22 
608 
28. 81 
68.5 
67 
28.654 
1323.5 (20) 
Bellevue. 
2 
10.15 p.m. 
38 
646 
Two miles below the Little Sioux river ... 
5 
11.40 a.m. 
124 
770 
28. 778 
79.5 
74 
28. 584 
1402 
Blackbird’s Hill. 
7 
12.15 a. m. 
50 
820 
Cedar island, two miles above the foot.... 
14 
6.15 p. m. 
280 
1,100 
28. 616 
82.5 
82 
28.455 
1556 (10) 
First range of bluffs, right bank opposite, 
one-quarter of a mile from river_ 
14 
28. 478 
75 
75 
28. 300 
1686 
Second range, three-quarters of a mile 
14 
28. 434 
73. 5 
73. 5 
28. 260 
1723 
Third range, one and a half mile from river. 
14 
10.15p.m. 
27. 940 
71.5 
71.5 
27. 764 
2226 
Old Fort George. 
18 
1.45 p.m. 
149 
1,249 
Fort Pierre at the landing. 
19 
5.30 p. m. 
25 
1,274 
28.558 
78 
74 
28. 417 
1566.7 (9) 
Bluffs, two miles west of Fort Pierre. 
19 
4 p. in... 
28. 248 
77.5 
74.5 
28. 106 
1880 
Northea 11 corner of Fort Pierre, three- 
quarters of a mile from landing._ 
19 
28.536 
76. 5 
76 
28. 390 
Do__do.do..__ 
20 
]0 a. m. 
28. 502 
74. 5 
70 
28.296 
1662 
Do_..do_..do. 
20 
28. 450 
74. 5 
70 
28. 294 
Do.do.do... 
20 
10.15 a. in. 
28. 494 
75 
71 
28. 296 
Big Cheyenne river. 
42 
1,316 
Right bank, thirty miles above Big Chey- 
22 
12 m. 
30 
1,346 
28. 335 
69 
66 
28. 214 
1757 
491 
1, 395A 
Wetarhoo river. . ........._ 
24.4 
1,420 
80.1 
lj 500£ 
RDM bank, two miles below Eagle Butte.. 
18.1 
1,519 
Heart river.-.-_ 
22 
1,541 
48 
1 ’ 589 
Knife creek. 
30 
1,619 
Three miles above La Fontaine Rouge.... 
29 
10 p. m... 
20 
1 ,639 
28.240 
62 
55 
28. 121 
1834 (9) 
Fort Bertkold. 
30 
5 p. m... 
37 
1,676 
28.200 
79 
72 
28.114 
1873 
Eight bank, three miles below Little Mis- 
souri river. 
30 
11.30 p.m. 
18 
1,694 
28.140 
59 
54 
28. 044 
1907 (10) 
Little Missouri river... 
3 
1,697 
White Earth river....... 
65 
] \ 762 
Muddy creek................ 
74 
]’ 836 
Seven miles above Muddy creek. 
July 3 
10 a. m... 
7 
1, 843 
28.155 
67.8 
68 
28. 005 
1974 
Mouth of the Yellowstone.... 
40.i 
1 ,883^ 
Fort Union.... (mean of 62 observations). 
1, 887" 
72 
27. 932 
2055 (40) 
Great Muddy liver.... 
50 
1,937 
Poplar river.— 
52 
1,989 
Fifteen miles above the mouth of the Poplar 
15 
2, 004 
