Lewis and Clark expedition

  

August 1, 1804

[Clark]
August the 1st 1804    a fair morning, Sent out two men after the horses & one back to examine if the Indians have been there,  Beever Cought last night, the air is Cool and pleasing

Equal altitudes & magnetic Azmoth

azmth altd. Time      m   s h.    m    s.
Comp. N. 86° E. 68° 47' 15" = A. M. 7    52    55 P.M. 3    50    42
  "    54    20 "    52      3
  "    55    47 "    53    31

Prepared the Pipe of Peace verry flashey.    wind rose at 10 oClock and blowed from W. S. W.    very pleasent all day    Several men geathering grapes &c.    two men after the horses which Strayed the night before last.    those Praries produce the Blue Current Common in the U. S.    the Goose Berry Common in the U. S, two Kind of Honeysuckle, the Bush which I have Seen in Kentucky, with a paile Pink flower, also one which grow in Clusters about 4 or 5 feet high bearing a Short flour in clusters of the like Colour.

[Clark]
August the 1st 1804    a fair morning    Despatched two men after the horses lost yesterday, one man back to the place from which the messinger was Sent for the Ottoes to See if any Indians was or had been there Since our deptr.    he return'd and informed that no person had been there Sence we left it. The Prarie which is Situated below our Camp is above the high water leavel and rich Covered with Grass from 5 to 8 feet high intersperced with Copse of Hazel, Plumbs, Currents (like those of the U.S.) Rasberries & Grapes of Dift. Kinds.    also produceing a Variety of Plants and flowers not Common in the United States, two Kind of honey Suckle one which grows to a kind of Srub. Common about Harrods burgh in Kentucky   the other are not So large or tall and bears a flow[er] in Clusters Short and of a light Pink Colour, the leaves differ from any of the othe Kind in as much as the Lieves are Distinkd & does not Surround the Stalk as all the other Kind does


[Ordway]
August 1st 1804 Wednesday.    a fair morning.    2 men out hunting    the Horses not found.    1 large bever caught last night in G. Drewyers trap. Drewyer went to hunt for the Horses. Shields went out a short time and killed & brought in a Deer; the wind from S. E. Jo. Fields killed & brought in a Deer. George Gibson killed a fat Buck brought in the Skin & Tallow & Some of the meat &C.—

[Floyd]
 Wendesday august 1th 1804    Lay by all this day expecting the Indianes every ouer    Sent George Draugher out to Hunt ouer Horses    Sent one man   Down the River to whare we eat Diner on the 28th of July to See if aney Indianes 〈were〉 Had been thare    He Returnd and Saw no Sigen of them

[Gass]
 Wednesday 1st Aug. 1804.    Three of our men again went out to hunt the horses, but returned without them. They brought a deer, and two of our other hunters   killed two more.

[Whitehouse]
Wendy August 1st    the Morning was Clear    G. Druire & Colter went to look for the horses that was lost on the 30th of last month; G. Gibson was Sent back One Days Journey to See if the Indians came there with Liberty that was Sent for them to come to a Treaty with Captn. Lewis & Wm. Clark at the Camp of the Brareowes—      Shields Kill One Deer    Gibson returnd but did not see liberty or the Indians there

More information:  http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/read/?_xmlsrc=1804-08-01.xml&_xslsrc=LCstyles.xsl