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Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 18041806 Author:Meriwether Lewis Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Chapter XXV FROM SANDT RIVER TO THE DALLES OF THE COLUMBIA Lewis's Journal, April 4-17, 1806 Clark's Journal, Apr. 4-17 [Lewis:] Friday April 4' 1806.... more » THIS morning we sent Sergt. Ordway in Surch of Sergt. Gass and party below the entrance of the Quicksand river from whom we have yet had no report. in the course of a few hours both parties returned. Sergt. Gass and party brought the flesh of a bear and some venison. they informed us that they had killed an Elk and six deer tho' the flesh of the greater part of those animals was so meagre that it was unfit for uce and they had therefore left it in the woods. Collins who had killed the bear, found the bed of another in which there were three young ones; and requested to be permitted to return in order to waylay the bed and kill the female bear; we permitted him to do so; Sergt. Gass and Windsor returned with him. Several parties of the natives visit us today as usual both from above and below; those who came from above were moving with their families, and those from below appeared to be impeled mearly by curiossity to see us. About noon we despatched Gibson Shannon Howard and Wiser in one of the light canoes, with orders to proceed up the Columbia to a large bottom on the South side about six miles above us and to hunt untill our arrival. late in the evening Joseph Fields and Drewyer returned. they had killed two deer yesterday and informed us that the meat would be dryed by midday tomorrow. we directed Drewyer and the two Feildses to ascend the river tomorrow to join Gibson and party, and hunt untill our arrival. this evening being fair Iobserved time and distance of 3's Eastern Limb from regulus with Sextant. West. Time. Distance. Time Distance P.M. 8.50.41 7315: o" P.M. 9.10. 9. 73"27! -" .53.44 . 16.45. ",1...« less