Clark: June 14, 1806
On this Saturday, the party prepared to depart the next morning after a five-week wait for mountain snows to melt. Hunters were sent out with limited success: Colter brought in a deer by 10 A.M., Drouillard wounded deer but returned empty-handed at night, and the others killed nothing. Gear was packed and horses collected and hobbled to prevent delay. Clark expressed apprehension about crossing the snow-covered mountains, anticipating difficulty from deep snow and insufficient grass for the horses during the roughly four-day climb to the summit.
Saturday June 14th 1806 Sent out Hunters this morning Colter killed a deer
and brought it in by 10 A M Drewyer did not return untill night he wounded
deer but could get none &c ____ neither of the other hunters killed
nothing. we had our articles packed up ready for a Start in the morning,
our horses Collected and hobble that they may not detain us in the
morning. we expect to Set out early, and Shall proceed with as much
expedition as possible over those Snowey tremendious mountains which has
detained us near five weeks in this neighbourhood waiting for the Snows to
melt Sufficent for us to pass over them. and even now I Shudder with the
expectation with great dificuelties in passing those Mountains, from the
debth of Snow and the want of grass Sufficient to Subsist our horses as
about 4 days we Shall be on the top of the Mountain which we have every
reason to beleive is Covered with Snow the greater part of the year.
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Saturday, June 14th, 1806. Sent out hunters this morning. Colter killed a deer and brought it in by 10 a.m. Drewyer (Drouillard) did not return until night; he wounded a deer but could not get any. Neither of the other hunters killed anything. We had our articles packed up ready for a start in the morning, our horses collected and hobbled so that they may not detain us in the morning.
We expect to set out early, and shall proceed with as much speed as possible over those snowy, tremendous mountains, which have detained us nearly five weeks in this neighborhood waiting for the snows to melt sufficiently for us to pass over them. Even now I shudder with the expectation of great difficulties in crossing those mountains, from the depth of the snow and the lack of grass sufficient to sustain our horses. In about 4 days we shall be on top of the mountain, which we have every reason to believe is covered with snow the greater part of the year.
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