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Thursday 13th Sept. 1804 cloudy and hard rain. G Drewyer? caught 4 beaver last night high wind passed a unclear on S.S. and range of black bluffs, three of the party went out to hunt and has not returned yet. camped on the L.S.

Friday 14th Sept. 1804 a foggy morning, a cloudy day and some rain the water is so shallow that we had to ward & ]]hall?]] the barge over the Sand bars. at 8 oclock we halted for to take breakfast the 3 men who went a hunting yesterday joined us here. the hills and praries are pleasant but barron. G Drewyer caught 8 beaver last night the masquitoes are troublesome. passed black bluffs on the S. Side and an Island which had some timber on it.passed a creek on Sand Side the hunters killed a goat and a hare the goat was killed by Capt. Clark & the first that was Seen by the party on the Missouri.