"A court martial will set this day at 11 o Clock for the trial of John Collins and Hugh Hall. John Collins charged with getting drunk on his post this morning out of whiskey put under his charge as a Sentinal, and for suffering Hugh Hall to draw whiskey out of the said barrel intended for the party. Hugh Hall was charged with taking whiskey out of a keg. The Court conviened... The Court finds prisoners guilty.... punishment take place at half past three this evening. Inflicting a little punishment to two men we Set out at 1/2 past 4 o Clock and proceed on. passed a large island opposit a large sand bar, the Boat turned and was within six Inches of Strikeing the rapidity with which the Boat turned was so great that if her bow had struck the Snag, she must have either turned over or the bow knocked off. " Clark

Line Creek's channel was modified in the 1930's to have the straight shot to the river and so the horse track could be expanded. During the Lewis and Clark expedition the creek would have wandered further east before it emptied into the river.