James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4James, Edwin
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James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4
James, Edwin
Indians of North America; Rocky Mountains; United States -- Discovery and exploration; West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
| Cs, |W.N.W.
16 | Fair | -- | Cml, | -- | Cml, | --
17 | Cs | N.N.W. | Cs, | N.N.W. | Cs, | --
18 | Fair | -- | C, | -- | Cs, | --
| | | | | |
19 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cml, | W.
20 | Fair | -- | Cml. | N. | Cml, | N.
21 | Fair | -- | C, | -- | C, | --
22 | C, | N.W. | C, | W. | Cml, | --
23 | Cs. | -- | Cs. | S.E. | Cs, | W.
24 | Cs, | S.W. | Ns. | -- | Cml, | --
| | | | | |
25 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cs, | S.
26 | Ns. | -- | Ns. | -- | Cml, | --
| | | | | |
27 | Cs, | -- | Cs. | -- | Cs. | --
28 | Cml, | -- | Ns, | E. | Cs. | --
29 | Cml, | N.W. | Cml, | -- | Cml, | --
30 | C, | N.W. | Fair | -- | Cml, | W.
31 | Fair | -- | C, Cs, | -- | Cs. | --
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_Remarkable Phenomena._--Halo around the moon on the evening of the
21st.--Continued several hours. Same on the evening of the 23d, from 7
till 11 o'clock.
The ice on the Missouri broke and commenced moving on the 29th
February; but a few days after it blocked up and continued stationary
until the 14th of the present month, when it began to move again; and
on the 18th it was entirely open and clear of ice. In this register an
extra column is added, containing the daily rise or fall of the river.
The sign--denotes the fall of the water during the last twenty-four
hours, and the sign + denotes its rise during the same length of time.
When the register was commenced the river was three feet above the
low-water mark, or its lowest stage in the winter. Therefore on the
25th, when it was highest this month, it was thirteen feet five inches
above its lowest stage in the winter.
{lxiv} _Meteorological Register_ {lxv} _for the Month of_ APRIL, 1820
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