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some loon after we got the canoes loaded their came up a storm of wind thunder the west waves dashed over in the canoes so that we had to unload again our officers conclude that the unclear boat will not answer our purpose as we cannot git tar nor pitch to unclear hir over the unclear. the coal tallow and unclear was would not think to the hides and the time being to far that they concluded to burry hir at this place and go about 20 miles of the river and make 2 canoes which would answer much better. So we packed unclear boat in the river so that their may be taken apart the better. tomorrow about 10 men got ready to go with Capt. Clark to make the canoes about 20 miles by water and only about 2 by land from this place.

July 10th Wednesday 1805 a clear morning. we took