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File:"30th Saturday" deleted with an X across each character Oct 1 1843. Sunday. Hard rain all night. [[image: "water" scratched through] The wind lulled before noon and we left at 1/4 light. The weather unclear fair, but it rained eve. it showered. we passed the Sioux River at 20m past 11. Heard a pilated woodpecker & saw fish crows. Geese very abundant. landed below Me.Sioux River to Hunt Pushing, having seen a large cockon the Bluff. Bell Killed one female and Harris 2 Young birds. They will keep unclear? for food for some days, as I cannot eat Beef at all. We stopped again appa? Floyd Bluff and Started again and ran about 4 miles and were forced to damp in a very ugly place at 12 o'clock. had Rain and Hail at Intervals. Stopped in the mouth of the Howaha? River 1 mile from the village. Abundance of Geese. The wind lulled and the stars are shining. 2 Oct Monday. Beautiful but cold. The water had risen? inches and we travelled well having started early. Stopped at 8. unclear but abundance of Jerusalem Artichoke, fried a mess of them and found them excellent. Started again and made a good run to sun down.- a good camp and abundance of Geese. 3-Tuesday. Beautiful and calm, saw 3 Bear on the shore, a Prairie wolf that was a long time funning under a high bank before it found a place whereby to climb. Shot at by Michael but missed. Geese, Sand Hill Cranes and another wolf. We paddled the Little Sioux River. Saw 3 more Deer and another Prairie Wolf. Swans Pelicans are of a great number of Scoter. unclear? Soldier? River at 2 o'clock. we were caught by a snag that scraped the roof of our Boat and torn us a little. we have now 82 miles and encamped at the mouth of the cut off of the old Bluffs. Killed only 1 Mallard.- Bragg, Harris, Dog, hid all the meat the had been cooked for our supper. 4th Wednesday. Cloudy and coldish. left early. mislaid my pocket knife my knee very sore yet. Stopped by the wind at 10 at Cabane'? Bluffs about 20 Miles above Fort Coughan? all excepted? to hunt by the county was too unclear?. Saw Hasle? bu?f and black walnuts, Saw the first wind unclear? until night. no thing done. 5th Thursday.