Clark: December 2, 1805
On a cloudy, rainy day at their camp near the Pacific, Clark sent three men hunting and dispatched two others with his servant York up Ke-ke-mar-que Creek to fish and hunt fowl, but they returned empty-handed. Clark felt ill and had lost his appetite for the dried pounded fish that made up their diet, and several men complained of diarrhea and weakness. In the evening, Joseph Fields returned with elk marrow bones from a kill six miles away—the first elk taken west of the Rockies. Clark sent six men by canoe to retrieve the meat.
December 2nd Monday 1805 Cloudy and Some little rain this morning I
despatched 3 men to hunt and 2 and my Servent in a Canoe to a Creek above
to try & Catch Some fish- I am verry unwell the drid fish which is my
only diet does not agree with me and Several of the men Complain of a lax,
and weaknessI expect Capt. Lewis will return to day with the
hunters and let us know if Elk or deer Can be found Sufficent for us to
winter on, If he does not come I Shall move from this place, to one of
better prospects for game &c. Joseph Fields came home with the marrow
bones of an Elk which he had killed 6 miles distant, I sent out 6 men in a
canoe for the meat, the evening being late they did not return this night,
which proved fair moon Shineing nightThis is the first Elk we have
killed on this Side the rockey mounts a great deal of Elk Sign in the
neighbourhood
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Monday 2nd December 1805 Cloudy with Some rain this morning I Send out
three men to hunt & 2 & my man york in a Canoe up the
Ke-ke-mar-que Creek in Serch of fish and fowlI feel verry unwell,
and have entirely lost my appetite for the Dried pounded fish which is in
fact the cause of my disorder at presentThe men are generally
Complaining of a lax and gripeingIn the evening Joseph Field came
in with the Marrow bones of a elk which he killed at 6 miles distant, this
welcome news to us. I dispatched Six men in a empty Canoe with Jo.
mediately for the elk which he Said was about 3 miles from the water this
is the first Elk which has been killd. on this Side of the rockey
mountainsJo Fields givs me an account of a great deel of Elk Sign
& Says he Saw 2 Gangs of those Animals in his rout, but it rained So
hard that he could not Shoot themThe party up the Creek returned
without any thing and informs me they could not See any fish in the Creek
to kill and the fowls were too wild to be killed, this must
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December 2nd, Monday 1805. Cloudy with a little rain this morning. I dispatched 3 men to hunt, and 2 men along with my servant in a canoe to a creek above to try to catch some fish. I am very unwell; the dried fish, which is my only diet, does not agree with me, and several of the men complain of looseness and weakness. I expect Capt. Lewis (Capt. Lewis) will return today with the hunters and let us know if elk or deer can be found in sufficient numbers for us to winter on. If he does not come, I shall move from this place to one with better prospects for game, etc. Joseph Fields came home with the marrow bones of an elk he had killed 6 miles away. I sent out 6 men in a canoe for the meat; since the evening was late, they did not return this night, which proved fair and moonlit. This is the first elk we have killed on this side of the Rocky Mountains. There is a great deal of elk sign in the neighborhood.
Monday, 2nd December 1805. Cloudy with some rain this morning. I sent out three men to hunt, and 2 men along with my man York in a canoe up the Ke-ke-mar-que Creek in search of fish and fowl. I feel very unwell and have entirely lost my appetite for the dried pounded fish, which is in fact the cause of my disorder at present. The men are generally complaining of looseness and griping. In the evening, Joseph Field came in with the marrow bones of an elk he had killed 6 miles distant. This was welcome news to us. I immediately dispatched six men in an empty canoe with Jo. for the elk, which he said was about 3 miles from the water. This is the first elk that has been killed on this side of the Rocky Mountains. Jo Fields gives me an account of a great deal of elk sign and says he saw 2 herds of those animals along his route, but it rained so hard that he could not shoot them. The party that went up the creek returned without anything and informed me they could not see any fish in the creek to kill, and the fowls were too wild to be killed. This must
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