Clark: February 3, 1805
With the expedition's meat supply running low, Clark organized a hunting trip down the frozen river. He set out with about sixteen men, three horses, and two sleighs, traveling roughly sixty miles downstream. The party hunted along the way, loading the horses with meat sent back to the fort and constructing two storage pens to hold additional game. By the time they returned on February 13th, they had killed forty deer, three bulls, and nineteen elk, though many animals were too lean to be usable.
3rd of February 1805 our provisions of meat being nearly exorsted I
concluded to Decend the River on the Ice & hunt, I Set out with about
16 men 3 horses & 2 Slays Descended nearly 60 miles Killed &
loaded the horses back, & made 2 pens which we filed with meat, &
returned on the 13th we Killed 40 Deer, 3 Bulls 19 Elk, maney So meager
that they were unfit for use
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3rd of February 1805. Our provisions of meat being nearly exhausted, I concluded to descend the river on the ice and hunt. I set out with about 16 men, 3 horses, and 2 sleighs. We descended nearly 60 miles, killed game and loaded the horses back, and made 2 pens which we filled with meat, and returned on the 13th. We killed 40 deer, 3 bulls, and 19 elk, many so meager that they were unfit for use.
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