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March 20, 1806 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • we intended to have Dispatched Drewyer (Drouillard, George) and the two Fieldses (Field, Joseph and Reubin) to hunt near the bay on this side of the Cathlahmahs (Cathlamet Indians) untill we jounded them from hence, but the rain rendered our departure so uncertain that we declined this measure for the present.   
  • March 20, 1806
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
April 8, 1806 - Clark, William
  • the party ows much to the injenuity of this man, by whome their guns are repared when they get out of order which is very often. I observed an Indian Woman who visited us yesterday blind of an eye, and a man who was nearly blind of both eyes.   
  • April 8, 1806
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  • Clark, William
May 17, 1806 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • it is somewhat astonishing that the grass and a variety of 〈herbatious〉 plants which are now from a foot to 18 inches high on these plains sustain no injury from the snow or frost; many of those plants are in blume and 〈many of them〉 appear to be of a tender susceptable texture.    we have been visited by no indians today, and occurrence which has not taken place before since we left the Narrows of the Columbia (Columbia River, The Dalles of the (Great Narrows)) .—    I am pleased at finding the river rise so rapidly, it now doubt is attributeable to the meting snows of the mountains; that icy barier which seperates me from my friends and Country, from all which makes life esteemable.—    patience, patience—
  • May 17, 1806
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
May 16, 1806 - Clark, William
  • we gave those people a head and Neck of the largest bear a part of which they eate and the balance they Carefully took with them for their children. The Indians of this Country Seldom kill the bear    they are very much afraid of them and the killing of a white or Grzley bear, is as great a feet as two of their enimy.   
  • May 16, 1806
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  • Clark, William
June 30, 1806 - Gass, Patrick
  • In the evening we arrived at Travellers'-rest creek (Lolo (Travelers' Rest) Creek (Mont.)) , where the party rested two days last fall, and where it empties into Flathead (called Clarke's) river (Clark Fork (Clark's, East Fork Clark's, Flathead) River) , a beautiful river about one hundred yards wide at this place; but there is no fish of any consequence in it; and according to the Indian account, there are falls on it, between this place and its mouth, where it empties into the Columbia (Columbia River) , six or seven hundred feet high; and which probably prevent the fish from coming up.
  • June 30, 1806
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  • Gass, Patrick
June 7, 1804 - Clark, William
  • from the pt. of the Isd. or Course of last night to the mouth of this Creek is N 61° W 4½ ms. a Short distance above the mouth of this Creek, is Several Courious Paintings and Carveing in the projecting rock of Limestone inlade with white red & blue flint, of a verry good quallity, the Indians have taken of this flint great quantities. We landed at this Inscription and found it a Den of rattle Snakes, we had not landed 3 minutes before three verry large Snakes wer observed on the Crevises of the rocks & Killed—    at 〈whilst from〉 the mouth of the last mentioned Creek Capt.
  • June 7, 1804
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  • Clark, William
July 30, 1804 - Clark, William
  • S. on a rise of about 70 feet higher than the bottom which is also a Prarie both forming Bluffs to the river of High Grass & Plumb bush Grapes &c. and Situated above high water is a Small Grove of timber at the foot of the Riseing Ground between those two priraries, and below the Bluffs of the high Prarie we Came too and formed a Camp, intending to waite the return of the french man & Indians—    the white horse which we found near the Kanzeis River (Kansas (Decaugh, Kaw) River) , Died Last night Course Distanc &c.
  • July 30, 1804
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  • Clark, William
September 2, 1804 - Gass, Patrick
  • Have numerous ancient nations, more civilized and disposed to labour than any of the modern Indian tribes, inhabited this Country? And have these fortifications been their humble substitutes for the walled and fortified Cities of the old world in remote ages?
  • September 2, 1804
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  • Gass, Patrick
September 11, 1804 - Ordway, John
  • he informed us that the reason of his keeping on so long was that he see some tracks which must have been Indians.    he to[ok] it to [be] us and kept on, his bullets he Shot all away & he was with out any thing to eat for about 12 days except a fiew Grapes, he had left one of the horses behind, as he Gave out, only one horse with him    he had gave up the idea of finding our boat & was returning down the river in hopes to meet Some other Boat, he was near killing the horse to Satisfy hunger, &C. &.C—    he Shot a rabit with Sticks which he cut & put in his gun after his Balls were gone.   
  • September 11, 1804
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  • Ordway, John
October 5, 1804 - Clark, William
  • Clark 5th of October Friday 1804    Frost this morning, Set out early    passed a Small Creek on the L. S.    saw 3 Tetons (Sioux Indians, Teton) on the S. S.    they beged Some Tobacco, we proceed on    passed a Creek on the S.
  • October 5, 1804
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  • Clark, William
April 13, 1805 - Clark, William
  • the Countery on both Side is butifull elevated plains assending in Some parts to a great distance    near the aforesaid Lake (which we call Goose egg L (Goose Egg Lake) from a Circumstance of my Shooting a goose on her neast on Some Sticks in the top of a high Cotton wood tree in which there was one egg) We Saw 8 buffalow at a distance, We also Saw Several herds of Elk at a distance which were verry wild, I Saw near the Lake the remains of 43 lodges, which has latterly been abandond    I Suppose them to have been Ossinniboins (Assiniboine Indians) and now near the british establishments on the Ossinniboin River (Assiniboine River) tradeing.   
  • April 13, 1805
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  • Clark, William
May 16, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • Lewis Thursday May 16th The morning was fair and the day proved favorable to our operations; by 4 oClock in the evening our Instruments, Medicine, merchandize provision &c, were perfectly dryed, repacked and put on board the perogue. the loss we sustained was not so great as we had at first apprehended; our medicine sustained the greatest injury, several articles of which were intirely spoiled, and many others considerably injured; the ballance of our losses consisted of some gardin seeds, a small quantity of gunpowder, and a few culinary articles which fell overboard and sunk, the Indian woman (Sacagawea) to whom I ascribe equal fortitude and resolution, with any person onboard at the time of the accedent, caught and preserved most of the light articles which were washed overboard    all matters being now arranged for our departure we lost no time in seting out; proceeced on tolerably well about seven miles and encamped on the Stard. side.   
  • May 16, 1805
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
May 27, 1805 - Gass, Patrick
  • The islands in the Missouri (Missouri River) are of various sizes; in general not large and during high water mostly overflowed. There are Indian paths along the Missouri (Missouri River) and some in other parts of the country.
  • May 27, 1805
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  • Gass, Patrick
June 4, 1805 - Gass, Patrick
  • Having got down we all encamped in an old Indian lodge for the night. Lewis's (Lewis, Meriwether) party included Pryor (Pryor, Nathaniel Hale) , Drouillard (Drouillard, George) , Shields (Shields, John) , Cruzatte (Cruzatte, Pierre) , Jean Baptiste Lepage (Lepage, Jean Baptiste) , and Windsor (Windsor, Richard) .
  • June 4, 1805
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  • Gass, Patrick
June 1, 1805 - Clark, William
  • . & the 2d near the ex- tremity of the Course and Encamped on the 3rd Island miles 23   Saw Several Indian camps made of Sticks & bark Set up on end and do not appear to belong evacuated—    The roses are in full bloome, I observe yellow berries, red berry bushes Great numbers of Wild or choke Cheries, prickley pares are in blossom & in great numbers Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) appears to have added the words from "appeared to" to here.
  • June 1, 1805
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  • Clark, William
June 3, 1805 - Ordway, John
  • the left fork which is the largest we are doubtful of.    the Indians do not mention any river falling in on the right in this part of the Missourie (Missouri River) .
  • June 3, 1805
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  • Ordway, John
June 20, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • my object is if possible while we have now but little to do, to lay in a large stock of dryed meat at this end of the portage to subsist the party while engaged in the transportation of our baggage &c, to the end, that they may not be taken from this duty when once commenced in order to surch for the necessary subsistence. The Indian woman (Sacagawea) is qute free from pain and fever this morning and appears to be in a fair way for recovery, she has been walking about and fishing.
  • June 20, 1805
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
June 22, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • Ordway (Ordway, John) Sharbono (Charbonneau, Toussaint) , Goodrich (Goodrich, Silas) , york (York) and the Indian woman (Sacagawea) , set out to pass the portage with the canoe and baggage to the Whitebear Islands (White Bear Islands) , where we intend that this portage shall end.
  • June 22, 1805
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
July 3, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • This morning early we employed all hands; some were making tar or attempting to make it, others were attatching the skins on the boat, other cuting and fiting the bark for lining puting in the woodworke &c    some hunters were sent out to kill buffaloe in order to make pemecon to take with us and also for their skins which we now wa[n]t to cover our baggage in the boat and canoes when we depart from hence.    the Indians have informed us that we should shortly leave the buffaloe country after passing the falls (Missouri River, Great Falls of the) ; this I much regret for I know when we leave the buffaloe that we shal sometimes be under the necessity of fasting occasionally.   
  • July 3, 1805
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
August 24, 1805 - Gass, Patrick
  • However, Gass (Gass, Patrick) may mean the North Fork Salmon River (North Fork Salmon River (Fish Creek)) , up which the party did indeed travel to reach the Bitterroot (Bitterroot (Clark's, Flathead) River) valley in Montana (Montana) , and then travel southwest on the Lolo Trail (Lolo Trail) to the Nez Perce (Nez Perce Indians) country on the Clearwater River (Clearwater (Flathead, Kooskooskee) River) .
  • August 24, 1805
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  • Gass, Patrick
September 16, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • We loaded up our Horses, & set out not having anything for to eat, We proceeded on our way, but had great difficulty to follow the Indian trail on account of the Snow that had fell, we still continued on our Journey, along the ridge of the Mountain; and we had several of the Nobs of the Mountain to pass over, but all the way on a descent, about 1 o'Clock P.
  • September 16, 1805
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  • Whitehouse, Joseph
September 19, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • W. and widening as it appeared to extend to the W. through that plain the Indian informed us that the Columbia river (Columbia River) , in which we were in surch run.   
  • September 19, 1805
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
February 8, 1806 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • I have discovered that the shrub and fruit discribed on the 26th of January is not that which the Indians call the Shal-lon, but that is such as is there discribed, and the berry is estemed and used by the natives as there mentioned except that it is not like the shallon, baked in large loaves, but is simply dryed in the sun for winter uce, when they either eat them in thir dryed state or boil them in water.
  • February 8, 1806
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
February 5, 1806 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • Gass (Gass, Patrick) and a party of men over; the tide being in, they took advantage of a little creek which makes up in that direction nearly to the highlands, and in their way fortunately recovered our Indian Canoe, so long lost and much lamented. The Hunter proved to be Reubin Fields (Field, Reubin) , who reported that he had killed six Elk on the East side of the Netul (Lewis and Clark (Fort, Netul) River) a little above us; and that yesterday he had heard Shannon (Shannon, George) and Labuishe (Labiche, François) fire six or seven shots after he had seperated from them and supposed that they had also killed several other Elk.
  • February 5, 1806
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
February 9, 1806 - Clark, William
  • he Saw one black Bear, which is the only one which has been seen in the neighbourhood Since our arrival.    the Indians inform us that they are abundant but are now in their holes.
  • February 9, 1806
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  • Clark, William
March 23, 1806 - Ordway, John
  • we were met by a party of the Chinooks (Chinook Indians) , the old baud and hir Six Girls, they had a canoe, a Sea otter Skin dryed fish & hats for Sale.   
  • March 23, 1806
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  • Ordway, John
May 24, 1806 - Clark, William
  • at 11 A. M. a canoe came down with the Indian man who had applyed for medical assistance while we lay at the broken arms (Broken Arm) village.   
  • May 24, 1806
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  • Clark, William
July 11, 1806 - Clark, William
  • Pryors (Pryor, Nathaniel Hale) camp near a high point of land on the left Side which the Shoshones (Shoshone Indians) call the beavers head (Beaverhead Rock) .    the wind rose and blew with great violence from the S W imediately off Some high mountains Covered with Snow.   
  • July 11, 1806
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  • Clark, William
Weather, December 1804 - Clark, William; Lewis, Meriwether
  • Clark (Clark, William) was hunting the Buffaloe this day with 16 Men—    sev- erall of the men frosted    killed 3 buffaloe himself and the party killed 5 others. 7th last night the river blocked up with ice which was 1½ inches thick in the part that had not previously frosen—    The Buffaloe appear go out with a party in quest of them kill 14.    the mandanes (Mandan Indians) take two—the reasen— 8th The ice 1½ inch thick on the part that had not previously frosen.
  • Clark (Clark, William) sets out with a hunting party on the ice with three small sleds— 15 snow fell one ½ inch—    visited by the big man (Big Man (Oh-he-nar)) & the big white (Big White (Sheheke)) inform me that many buffaloe have visited the Grosventers (Hidatsa Indians) on the opposite side of the river    they came from the West. 16 Mr.
  • Weather, December 1804
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  • Clark, William; Lewis, Meriwether
May 26, 1805 - Clark, William
  • The high Country in which we are at present and have been passing for Some days I take to be a continuation of what the Indians as well as the French Engages call the Black hills (Black Hills) .
  • Side in the rapid we saw a Dow Elk & her faun, which gave rise to the name of Elk & faun Riffle    we had a few drops of rain at Dark.—    the Salts Coal & Burnt hills & Pumicston Still Continue, game Scerce    this Countrey may with propriety I think be termed the Deserts of America, as I do not Conceive any part can ever be Settled, as it is deficent in water, Timber & too Steep to be tilled. We pass old Indian lodges in the woody points everry day & 2 at our camp &c   mile Course & Distance 26th of May 1805 S. 45° W.   1 to the point of a plain on the Stard.
  • May 26, 1805
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  • Clark, William
Weather, May 1805 - Clark, William; Lewis, Meriwether
  • the air is extreemly dry and pure. 27th wind so hard we are unable to proceed in the early part of the day 28th a slight thundershower; the air was turbid in the forenoon and appeared to be filled with smoke; we supposed it to proceed from the burning of the plains, which we are informed are fre- quently set on fire by the Snake (Paiute Indians) Indians to compell the antelopes to resort to the woody and mountanous country which they in- habit.—    saw a small white and black woodpecker with a red head; the same which is common to the Atlantic states.— 29th rained but little, some dew this morning. 30th the rain commenced about 4 Oclock in the evening, and con- tinued moderately through the course of the night; more rain has now fallen than we have experienced since the 15th of Sep- tember last. 31st but little rain    The Antelope now bring forth their young.   
  • May 31, 1805
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  • Clark, William; Lewis, Meriwether
August 2, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • we also saw many tracks of the Elk and bear. no recent appearance of Indians.    the Indians in this part of the country appear to construct their lodges with the willow boughs and brush; they are small of a conic figure and have a small aperture on one side through which they enter.   
  • August 2, 1805
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
August 8, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • .— the evening again proved cloudy much to my mortification and prevented my making any lunar observations.    the Indian woman (Sacagawea) recognized the point of a high plain to our right which she informed us was not very distant from the summer retreat of her nation on a river beyond the mountains which runs to the west.   
  • Clark (Clark, William) ; and〉 to proceed tomorrow with a small party to the source of the principal stream of this river and pass the mountains to the Columbia (Columbia River) ; and down that river untill I found the Indians; in short it is my resolusion to find them or some others, who have horses if it should cause me a trip of one month. for without horses we shall be obliged to leave a great part of our stores, of which, it appears to me that we have a stock already sufficiently small for the length of the voyage before us.
  • August 8, 1805
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
September 9, 1805 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • the point of the Missouri (Missouri River) where this Indian pass intersects it, is about 30 miles above the gates of the rocky mountain (Gates of the Rocky Mountains) , or the place where the valley of the Missouri (Missouri River) first widens into an extensive plain after entering the rockey mountains (Rocky Mountains) .   
  • In the vicinity of present Helena (Helena, Mont.) , Montana (Montana) . The Hidatsas (Hidatsa Indians) told them of this route, but they had not recognized its eastern approaches on the voyage up the Missouri (Missouri) .
  • September 9, 1805
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  • Lewis, Meriwether
July 7, 1806 - Clark, William
  • M. and informed me that they had circles in every direction to 6 or 8 miles around Camp and could not See any Signs of them, that they had reasons to believe that the indians had Stolen them in the course of the night, and founded their reasons on the quallity of the horses, all being the most valuable horses we had, and Several of them so attached to horses of inferior quallity which we have they could not be Seperated from each other when driveing with their loads on in the course of the day. I thought it probable that they might be stolen by Some Skulking Shoshones (Shoshone Indians) , but as it was yet possible that they may have taken our back rout or rambled to a greater distance I deturmined to leave a Small party and hunt for them to day, and proceed on with the main party and all the baggage to the Canoes, raise them out of the water and expose them to the sun to dry by the time this party Should overtake me.
  • July 7, 1806
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  • Clark, William
June 7, 1804 - Clark, William
  • Manitou (Moniteau (Big Devil, Big Monitu) Creek (River) (Howard-Boone county line, Mo.)) , Buffalo, and Indian on a Rock June 7, 1804, Field Notes, reverse of document 19 Beinecke Library, Yale University Moniteau Creek (Moniteau (Big Devil, Big Monitu) Creek (River) (Howard-Boone county line, Mo.))
  • June 7, 1804
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  • Clark, William
August 10, 1804 - Clark, William
  • N. 85° W.   2 ½ Ms. to the Lower point of a willow island off the S. point—    Black bird (Blackbird) the late King of the Mahars (Omaha Indians) Toom or inclosed grave on the top of a high round Hill of about 300 feet in the Prarie L.
  • August 10, 1804
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  • Clark, William
April 15, 1805 - Clark, William
  • except Knife (Knife River) and the little Missouris (Little Missouri (E-mâh-tark',-Ah'-zhah) River) Rivers and the Missouri (Missouri River) , the other Streams being So much impregnated with mineral as to be verry disagreeble in its present State.[)]    I saw the remains of Several Camps of ossinniboins (Assiniboine Indians) , near one of those camps & at no great distance from the mouth of the aforesid Creek, in a hollow, I saw a large Strong pen made for the purpose of Catching the antelope, with wings projecting from it widining from the pen Saw Several gangs of Buffalow and Some elk at a distance, a black bear Seen from the Perogues to day—    passed a rock in the Middle of the river, Some Smaller rocks from that to the L.
  • April 15, 1805
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  • Clark, William
May 20, 1805 - Ordway, John
  • Today's Sacagawea River (Sacagawea River) , Petroleum County (Petroleum County, Mont.) , after the party's name and honoring Sacagawea (Sacagawea) , the Shoshone (Shoshone Indians) interpreter.
  • May 20, 1805
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  • Ordway, John
May 28, 1805 - Clark, William
  • I walked on Shore found the Countrey ruged and as described yesterday, I Saw great numbers of the Big horned animals, one of which I killed    their fauns are nearly half grown—    one of the Party Saw a verry large bear, picked up on the Shore a pole which had been made use of by the Nativs for lodge poles, & haul'd by dogs    it is new and is a Certain Sign of the Indians being on the river above    a foot ball and Several other articles are also found to Substantiate this oppinion—.   
  • May 28, 1805
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  • Clark, William
June 14, 1805 - Whitehouse, Joseph
  • M. we proceeded on, and passed very high bluffs lying on each side of the River, and several Islands, cover'd with Cotton wood Timber, We found the current of the River run very rapid all this day, Our Interpreters Wife (an Indian) and one of our party was very sick all this day.—    About 4 o'Clock P.
  • June 14, 1805
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  • Whitehouse, Joseph
July 25, 1805 - Clark, William
  • those forks appear to be verry rapid & Contain Some timber in their bottoms which is verry extincive,—    on the North Side the Indians have latterly Set the Praries on fire, the Cause I can't account for.
  • July 25, 1805
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  • Clark, William
September 13, 1805 - Clark, William
  • a cloud morning    Capt Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) and one of our guides lost their horses, Capt Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) & 4 men detained to hunt the horses, I proceeded on with the partey up the Creek at 2 miles passed Several Springs which I observed the Deer Elk &c. had made roads to, and below one of the Indians had made a whole to bathe, I tasted this water and found it hot & not bad tasted    The last [blank]    in further examonation I found this water nearly boiling hot at the places it Spouted from the rocks (which a hard Corse Grit, and of great size the rocks on the Side of the Mountain of the Same texture[)]    I put my finger in the water, at first could not bare it in a Second—    as Several roads led from these Springs in different derections, my Guide took a wrong road and took us out of our rout 3 miles through intolerable rout, after falling into the right road I proceeded on thro tolerabl rout for abt. 4 or 5 miles and halted to let our horses graze as well as waite for Capt Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) who has not yet Come up, The pine Countrey falling timber &c.
  • September 13, 1805
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  • Clark, William
September 15, 1805 - Clark, William
  • the morning Cloudy and proceeded on Down the right Side of [NB: Koos koos kee (Clearwater (Flathead, Kooskooskee) River) ] River over Steep points rockey & buschey as usial for 4 miles to an old Indian fishing place, here the road leaves the river to the left and assends a mountain winding in every direction to get up the Steep assents & to pass the emence quantity of falling timber which had falling from dift. causes i e. fire & wind and has deprived the Greater part of the Southerly Sides of this mountain of its gren timber, 4 miles up the mountain I found a Spring and halted for the rear to come up and to let our horses rest & feed, about 2 hours the rear of the party came up much fatigued & horses more So, Several horses Sliped and roled down Steep hills which hurt them verry much    The one which Carried my desk & Small trunk Turned over & roled down a mountain for 40 yards & lodged against a tree, broke the Desk the horse escaped and appeared but little hurt    Some others verry much hurt, from this point I observed a range of high mountains Covered with Snow from S E. to S W with Their top bald or void of timber.   
  • September 15, 1805
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  • Clark, William
March 10, 1806 - Clark, William
  • it blew hard all day, in the evening the Indians departed. The Hunters, S. R. F. & F. who were over the netul the other day informed us that they measured a 2d tree of the fir Speces (No. 1) as high as a man Could reach, was 39 feet in the girth; it tapered but very little for about 200 feet without any Considerable limbs, and that it was a very lofty above the Commencement of the limbs.   
  • March 10, 1806
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  • Clark, William
July 17, 1806 - Clark, William
  • N. 80° E 3 miles by land to a bluff under a high pine hill on the N W Side    passed 10 Islands a large Creek fallen in on the opposit side.    8 S. 60° E 3 miles to the enteranc of a Small 〈Creek〉 Brook on the right Side    passing one large island, river passing under the high land on N. E. Side.    passed an Indian fort of logs & bark Lard.—    4 ms. ½ N. 80° E 3 miles to the enterance of a Small Creek on the Stard Side passed 2 large and 5 Small Islands    the river Passing under high pine land on Lard Side for 2 miles.—    5 〈4〉    ms. ½ N. 60° E 3 miles to point of wood in the Lard. bend    passed 3 Islands narrow low botton on each Side ½ mile wide    Saw Several Buffalow opposit on the Stard side.   
  • July 17, 1806
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  • Clark, William
July 18, 1806 - Clark, William
  • N. 72° E 3 ½ miles to a bend [tear] 〈passd.〉 enterance    a large dr[tear] [illegible, crossed out] [tear] 〈S 45°〉 to an Indian fort on [tear] an Island divided [tear] by a narrow Chann [tear] under the Stard.
  • July 18, 1806
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  • Clark, William
May 25, 1805 - Clark, William
  • this horn is used by the nativs in constructing their bows; I have no doubt of it's elegance and usefullness in hair Combs, and might probably answer as maney valuable purpoces to civilized man, as it does to the native indians, who form their water Cups, Spoons and platters of it.    the females have already brought forth their young indeed from the Size of the young, I Suppose that they produce them early in March.   
  • In my walk of this day I saw mountts. on either side of the river at no great distance, those mountains appeared to be detached, and not ranges as laid down by the Minetarrees (Hidatsa Indians) , I also think I saw a range of high mounts. at a great distance to the S S W. but am not certain as the horozon was not clear enough to view it with Certainty.
  • May 25, 1805
  • Journals
  • Clark, William
July 28, 1806 - Lewis, Meriwether
  • Lewis's (Lewis, Meriwether) fear was that Blackfeet (Blackfeet Indians) pursuing his party might instead encounter the group coming down the Missouri (Missouri River) from the Great Falls (Missouri River, Great Falls of the) and that this group, unaware of the danger, would be taken by surprise.
  • It is marked on Atlas map 42, which suggests that Lewis (Lewis, Meriwether) had this and the other original draft maps of the route from the Mandan (Mandan Indians) villages to the Great Falls (Missouri River, Great Falls of the) (Atlas maps 33–42) with him at this time.
  • July 28, 1806
  • Journals
  • Lewis, Meriwether
The Journals of Lewis and Clark: Almost Home
  • One of the more interesting results of the linguistic work was when we uncovered a phantom tribe of Indians. When Lewis and Clark met native peoples they always asked for their tribal name and the names of nearby tribes.
  • Realizing that Clark spelled the Indian tribe "Sioux" twenty-seven different ways, we knew we faced some real oddities.
  • Ronda was well into the book that became Lewis and Clark among the Indians, and even Stephen Ambrose's biography of Lewis was in planning, although he was not able to devote time to the writing until a few years ago.
  • N.D.
  • Texts
  • Gary E. Moulton

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