Tuesday 3d. December 1805.
a fair windey morning wind from the East the men returned
with the Elk which revived the Spirits of my party
verry much. I am still unwell and can't eate even the flesh of
the Elk. an Indian Canoe of 8 Indians Came too, those
Inds. are on their way down to the Clât-sops with Wap pa to to
barter with that Nation, I purchasd. a fiew of those roots for
which I gave Small fish hooks, those roots I eate with a little
Elks Soupe which I found gave me great relief I found the
roots both nurishing and as a check to my disorder. The Indians
proceeded on down through emence high waves maney
times their Canoe was entirely out of Sight before they were ½
a mile distant. Serjt. Pryor & Gibson who went hunting
yesterday has not returned untill after night, they informed
me that they had killed 6 Elk at a great distance which they
left lying, haveing taken out their interals, that they had been
lost and in their ramble saw a great deel of Elk Sign. after eateing
the marrow out of two shank bones of an Elk, the Squar
choped the bones fine boiled them and extracted a pint of
Grease, which is Superior to the tallow of the animal. Some
rain this evening I marked my name on a large pine tree imediately
on the isthmus William Clark December 3rd. 1805.
By Land from the U.States in 1804 & 1805.
