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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. 5th Monday.