Clark: August 19, 1805
A very cold, frosty morning marked the start of travel at 7 a.m. through a wide level valley, where the Shoshone chief pointed out a site where many of his people had been killed about a year earlier. The valley narrowed after five miles, and beaver dams were noted along the river. The party crossed a low mountain, descended steeply to a stream, then traveled eight more miles through hilly country before camping. The hungry Indian companions had to be fed. One man arrived on a mule with a Spanish saddle, and Clark gave him a waistcoat, noting mules were highly valued.
August 19th Monday 1805 A verry Cold morning Frost to be Seen we Set out
at 7 oClock and proceeded on thro a wide leavel Vallie the Chief Shew me
the place that a number of his nation was killed about 1 years past this
Vallie Continues 5 miles & then becoms narrow, the beaver has Darned
up the River in maney places we proceeded on up the main branch with a
gradial assent to the head and passed over a low mountain and Decended a
Steep Decent to a butifull Stream, passed over a Second hill of a verry
Steep assent & thro a hilley Countrey for 8 miles an Encamped on a
Small Stream the Indians with us we wer oblige to feedone man met
one with a mule & Spanish Saddle to ride, I gave him a wistoat a mule
is considered a of great value among those people we proceeded on over a
verry mountanious Countrey across the head of hollows & Springs
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August 19th, Monday 1805. A very cold morning, frost to be seen. We set out at 7 o'clock and proceeded on through a wide level valley. The Chief showed me the place where a number of his nation were killed about one year ago. This valley continues 5 miles and then becomes narrow. The beaver has dammed up the river in many places.
We proceeded on up the main branch with a gradual ascent to the head, and passed over a low mountain and descended a steep decent to a beautiful stream. We passed over a second hill of a very steep ascent and through a hilly country for 8 miles, and camped on a small stream. The Indians were with us, and we were obliged to feed them.
One man met one of us with a mule and Spanish saddle to ride. I gave him a waistcoat. A mule is considered of great value among those people. We proceeded on over a very mountainous country, across the heads of hollows and springs.
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