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201 but as luck would have it the hail was not so big as they were here. Capt. Clark was at the falls at the time had hunted a shelter in a deep creek with out water when he went in but before the Shower was over the creek rose so fast that he and 3 more who were with him had scarsily time to git out before the water was ten feet deep. Capt. Clark lost the larger compass a fusell? pouch & horn powder ?all and some cloaths &c the party who were halling some of them like to have lost their lives being nearly naked and the most of them without any hats on their heads or any thing to cover them they were cut & bruised verry much and under went as much as any men could and live through it. July 2nd Tuesday 1805. Some rain at day light this morning after which a fair morning. the men who came in yesterday set out with the truck waggons to go back to the 6 mile Stake for the boxes and kegs with was left yesterday squiggle