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August 4, 1804 (Camped near Blair, Nebraska)

"proceeded on …the banks washing away & tress falling in constantly for 1 mile, abov this place is the remains fo an old Tradeing establishment where Petr. Crusett one of our hands stayed two years & traded with the Mahars...  Reed a man who went back to camp for his knife has not joined us."  Clark

August 5, 1804 (Camped in Harrison County, Iowa)

"I have observed that Thunder & lightning is not as common in this countrey as it is in the atlantic States. The man who went back after his knife has not yet come up. We have some reasons to believe he has Deserted. In every bend the banks are falling in from the Current being thrown against those bends... "   Clark

August 6, 1804 (Camped in Harrison County, Iowa)

"We have every reason to belive that one man has Deserted Moses B Reed  he has been absent three days and one french man we sent to the Indian Camps has not joined us, we have reasons to beleve he lost himself in attempting to join us at the Council Bluff.  we are deturmined to Send back 4 men to take reede Dead or alive"  Clark

August 7, 1804 (Camped in Harrison County, Iowa)

"dispatched George Drewyer, R. Fields, Wm. Bratten & Wm. Labieche back after the Deserter Reed with order if he did not give up Peaceibly to put him to death."  Clark

August 8, 1804 (Camped in Monoma County, Iowa)

" We were surprised by the appearance of a flock of Pillican"

August 9, 1804 ( Camped near Onawa, Iowa)

"Fog so thich this morning detained us untile half pasd. 7 oClock  at which time we set out and proceeded on.  I walked on Shore , Saw an Elk, crossed a isthmus of 3/4 mile to the river, & returned to the boat.   Musquetors worse this evening that ever I have seen them… advanced eleven miles."  Clark

August 10, 1804 (Camped at Lewis and Clark State Park, Onawa, Iowa)

"embarked early ... passed high yellow banks."  Patrick Gass

" we set out eairly  a fair day.  Some fish & one Beaver caught last night.  we passed a place where the River had cut through & Shortened the river Several miles, we passed high Ridge of praire land on SS.  Smooth plains back from the river, the Timber Scarse, a Great nomber of Elk Sign on the Sand beaches.  we passed high clifts on S.S. about 60 feet from the surface of the sand stone.  the ridge on the top is covered with Short Gras some bushes.  the wind hard from the S.W. (Sailed Some.)   John Ordway

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