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Journal entry · August 11, 1805
Clark: August 11, 1805
William Clark · Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): island near the west side of Beaverhead River, 6½ mi NE of Dillon, MT
August 11th Sunday 1805. a Shower of rain this morning at Sun rise, Cloudy
all the morning wind from the S W passed a large Island which I call the
3000 mile Island as it is Situated that distance from the mouth of the
Missouri by water, a number of Small Bayoes running in different
directions thro the Bottom, which is about 5 miles wide, then rises to an
ellivated plain on each Side which extends as far. passed Several Small
Islands and a number of Bayoes on each Side and Encamped on the upper
point of a large Island, our hunters killed three Deer, one antilope, and
Tomahawked Several Orter to day killed one Beaver with a Setting pole. I
observed Some bunches of Privey on the banks
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The NPS atlas for this night
island near the west side of Beaverhead River, 6½ mi NE of Dillon, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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