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Back Bone is 45 feet long. the hunters killed three Buffalows & a deer

Tuesday 11th Sept. 1804 Set out at an early hour. Clear morning & fare wind. proceeded on passed unclear with timber high hills and prarie Saw a man comming down to the bank horseback near we came to unclear and found it was Shannon that had been with the horses. he had been absent 16 days and 12 of them he had eat nothing but grapes, the reason was his balls ran short. the hills unclear above on both sides of the river, Capt Clark Sargt? Ordway & Sargt? unclear went out to hunt this morning to unclear unclear had killed 2 Elk 4 deer and one porkapine? one of the horses which Shannon had with him Gave out &he left him 7 days ago. we proceeded