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July 11the 1805. Thursday. a clear morning but high wind which oblidged us to lay at our bank untill late in the afternoon unclear the baggage canoe which went on 2 of the men went up to the bank and got some meat. towards evening the wind abated a little so that we went on arrived at the upper bank about unclear the hunters had killed 2 fat buffalow and several deer. I walked a short distance in the plains today when we were waiting for the wind to abate and unclear on a very large rattle snake it bit my unclear on my legg I shot it it was 4 feet 2 snakes inches long and 5 inches and a half round. we took some fat meat on board and 4 of us set out with the 8 empty canoes to return to the lower bank we floated apart of of the right got about 8 miles the wind rose so that we unclear until morning Capt. Clark had got 2 times unclear for.2 canoes and got them ready to dry out

July 19th Friday 1805 a clear morning the wind high from the unclear we unclear on down the rivers the wind so high that one canoe lifted the