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with Capt. Lewis Serg. text cut off by the river to see the falls and Spring &c about 4 oclock we had a hard shower of rain which made the portage so slipperry we did not expect they would start from the lower camp tomorrow with a load of the baggage as usuall June 28th Friday 1805. a fair morning the wind from the South. I remained with Capt Lewis asisting with the iron boat &c. June 29th Saturday 1805. a little rain verry eairly this morning after clear and pleasant in the afternoon their arose a storm of hard wind and rain and amazeing large hail at our camp we measured & weighed some? of them and Capt. Lewis made a bowl of ice punch of one of them they were 7 inches in surcumference and weighed 3 ounes as luck would have it we were all that stayed at this camp safe in a shelter but we feel concerned about the men on the road.--