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1804:

Captain Clark

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Captain Clark (current)

Captain ClarkCaptain Clark:
October 7, 1805

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I feel myself very unwell. All the canoes in the water. We load and set out, after fixing all our poles, &c. The afternoon cloudy. Proceed on, passing many bad rapids. One canoe, that in which I went in front, sprung a leak in passing the third rapid.

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