Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 printed from the original manuscripts in the library of the American Philosophical Society and by direction of its committee on historical documents |
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The ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF
LEWIS AND CLARK Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | ||
[Clark:]
August 26th. Monday 1805.
a fine morning Despatched three men a head to hunt, our
horses missing Sent out my guide and four men to hunt them,
which detained me untill 9 oClock a.m. at which time I set out
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the first were [weir] not one mouthfull to eate untill night as
our hunters could kill nothing and I could See & catch no fish
except a few Small ones. The Indians gave us 2 Sammon
boiled which I gave to the men, one of my men Shot a Sammon
in the river about Sunset those fish gave us a Supper. all
the Camp flocked about me untill I went to Sleep. and I beleve
if they had a Sufficency to eate themselves and any to
Spare they would be liberal of it
I derected the men to mend their Mockessons to night and
turn out in the morning early to hunt Deer fish birds &c. &c.
Saw great numbers of the large Black grasshopper. Some
har[e]s which were verry wild, but few Birds, a number of
ground Lizards, Some fiew Pigions
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LEWIS AND CLARK Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | ||