Clark: August 29, 1805
On a cold, frosty morning with a south wind, Clark left two men with the baggage and rode up to join Captain Lewis at the upper Shoshone village, arriving at 1 o'clock. Lewis was busy counseling with the Indians and trying to buy more horses. Clark also spoke with them, urging them to sell horses so the expedition could move on quickly and return to winter near buffalo country. Clark traded a pistol, 100 balls, powder, and a knife for one horse. Hunters brought in two deer, a welcome meal after eight days without meat.
August 29th Thursday 1805 a Cold morning Some frost. the Wind from the
South, I left our baggage in possession of 2 men and proceeded on up to
join Capt Lewis at the upper Village of Snake Indians where I arrived at 1
oClock found him much engaged in Counceling and attempting to purchase a
fiew more horses. I Spoke to the Indians on various Subjects endeavoring
to impress on theire minds the advantaje it would be to them for to Sell
us horses and expedite the our journey the nearest and best way possibly
that we might return as Soon as possible and winter with them at Some
place where there was plenty of buffalow,our wish is to get a horse
for each man to Carry our baggage and for Some of the men to ride
occasionally, The horses are handsom and much acustomed to be changed as
to their Parsture; we cannot Calculate on their carrying large loads &
feed on the Grass which we may Calculate on finding in the Mountain Thro
which we may expect to pass on our rout made Some Selestial observations,
the Lard. of this Part the Columbia River is ____ North. Longtd. ____ W
I purchased a horse for which I gave my Pistol 100 Balls Powder & a
Knife. our hunters Killed 2 Deer near their Camp to day. 2 yesterday &
3 The Day before, this meet was a great treat to me as I had eate none for
8 days past
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August 29th, Thursday, 1805. A cold morning with some frost. The wind was from the south. I left our baggage in the possession of 2 men and proceeded on up to join Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) at the upper village of Snake Indians, where I arrived at 1 o'clock. I found him much engaged in counseling and attempting to purchase a few more horses. I spoke to the Indians on various subjects, endeavoring to impress on their minds the advantage it would be to them to sell us horses and expedite our journey by the nearest and best way possible, so that we might return as soon as possible and winter with them at some place where there was plenty of buffalo. Our wish is to get a horse for each man to carry our baggage, and for some of the men to ride occasionally. The horses are handsome and much accustomed to being changed as to their pasture; we cannot count on their carrying large loads and feeding on the grass which we may expect to find in the mountains through which we may pass on our route. Made some celestial observations. The latitude of this part of the Columbia River is ____ North. Longitude ____ West.
I purchased a horse, for which I gave my pistol, 100 balls, powder, and a knife. Our hunters killed 2 deer near their camp today, 2 yesterday, and 3 the day before. This meat was a great treat to me, as I had eaten none for the past 8 days.
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