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[Clark:]

Friday April 4th.. 1806. Mouth of Quick Sand River.[1]

This morning early we sent Sergt. Ordway in serch of Sergt.
Gass and party below the enterance of Quick sand river from
whome we have yet had no report in the course of a fiew
hours both parties returned. Sergt. Gass and party brought
the Flesh of a Bear, and some venison. they informed us
they had killed an Elk and Six Deer tho' the flesh of the
greater part of those Animals were 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 bead of another in which
there was three young ones; and requested to be permited to
return in order to waylay the bed and kill the female bear;
we permited him to do so; Sergt. Gass and Windser returned
with him. Several parties of the nativs visit us to day as usial
both from above and below; those who came from above were
moveing with their families, and those from below appeared to
be impeled mearly by curiosity to see us. About noon we
dispatched Gibson, Shannon; Howard & 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
there to hunt untill our arrival. late in the evening Jos.
Fields and Drewyer returned with a load of dried meat. they
had killed two deer yesterday and informed us that the meat
would be dryed by mid-day tomorrow. We directed Drewyer
and Field's to assend the river tomorrow and join Gibson &

CLARK'S SKETCH MAP OF TRAILS
BETWEEN THE MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA
AND THE YELLOWSTONE

party and hunt untill our arrival. this evening being fair
observed time and distance of D's Eastern Limb from regulus
with sextant * West[2]