Clark: June 10, 1805
On a fine, dry day at the forks, the expedition organized baggage and cached supplies—powder, lead, and an ax in the point, plus a larger cache of goods on the upland near the South Fork. The large pirogue was hidden on a small island in the North Fork, tied and covered with brush, with nearby trees branded. A thunderstorm with strong southwest winds struck around 3 p.m. Sacagawea fell very ill and Clark bled her. The captains decided to ascend the South Fork, with Lewis choosing to scout ahead by land with four men—Drouillard, Gibson, Joseph Field, and Goodrich—departing the next morning.
June 10th Monday 1805 a fine day dry all our articles arrange our baggage
burry Some Powder & lead in the point, Some Lead a canister of Powder
& an ax in a thicket in the point at Some distance, buried on this day
and in the large cache or whole we buried on the up land near the S. fork
1 mile up S. S. we drew up our large Perogue into the middle of a Small
Island in the North fork and covered her with bushes after makeing her
fast to the trees, branded several trees to prevent the Indians injureing
her, at 3 oClock we had hard wind from the S. W. thunder and rain for
about an hour after which we repaired & Corked the Canoes &
loadded themSah cah gah, we a our Indian woman verry Sick I blead
her, we deturmined to assend the South fork, and one of us, Capt. Lewis or
My self to go by land as far as the Snow mountains S. 20° W. and examine
the river & Countrey Course & to be Certain of our assending the
proper river, Capt Lewis inclines to go by land on this expedition,
according Selects 4 men George Drewyer, Gibson, Jo. Fields & S.
Gutrich to accompany him & deturmine to Set out in the morningThe
after noon or night Cloudy Some rain, river riseing a little.
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June 10th Monday 1805. A fine, dry day. We arranged all our articles and baggage, and buried some powder and lead at the point, along with some lead, a canister of powder, and an ax hidden in a thicket at the point some distance away. Buried on this day and in the large cache, or hole, we buried on the upland near the South fork, one mile up the south side. We drew up our large pirogue into the middle of a small island in the North fork and covered her with bushes after making her fast to the trees. We branded several trees to prevent the Indians from injuring her.
At 3 o'clock we had a hard wind from the southwest, with thunder and rain for about an hour, after which we repaired and caulked the canoes and loaded them. Sah cah gah, our Indian woman, is very sick; I bled her.
We determined to ascend the South fork, and that one of us, Capt. Lewis or myself, should go by land as far as the snow mountains S. 20° W. and examine the river and country, course and all, to be certain we are ascending the proper river. Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) is inclined to go by land on this expedition, and accordingly he selects 4 men—George Drewyer (Drouillard), Gibson, Jo. Fields, and S. Gutrich (Goodrich)—to accompany him, and determines to set out in the morning.
The afternoon or night was cloudy with some rain. The river is rising a little.
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