The men cut down the trees on a point of land at the mouth of the Kansas River so that the captains can take navigational measurements, and Clark measures the width that river. They also build a wall of timber and brush to prevent any attack from the Kaws.
Missouri River from Kaw Point
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Defensive Wall
we determin to delay at this Place three or four Days to make observations & recruit the party Several men out Hunting, nloaded one Perogue, and turned her up to Dry with a view of repairing her after Completeing a Strong redoubt or brest work frome one river to the other, of logs & Bushes Six feet high,
—William Clark
Celestial Observations
On the point formed by the confluence of the Kancez River and the Missouri, made the following observations.—
—Meriwether Lewis
River Widths
Measured The width of the Kansas River by an angle and made it 230 yds ¼ wide, it is wider above the mouth the Missouries at this place is about 500 yards wide
—William Clark
