Clark: June 26, 1805
June 26th Wednesday 1805 Some rain last night this morning verry Cloudy
the party Set out this morning verry early with their loads to the Canoe
Consisting of Parched meal Pork Powder Lead axes, Tools Bisquit, P. Soup
& Some Merchendize & Clothes &c. &c. I gave Serjt. Pryor a
dolt of Salts, & Set Chabonah to trying up the Buffalow tallow &
put into the empty Kegs &c. I assort our articles for to be left at
this place buried, ____ Kegs of Pork, 1/2 a Keg of flour, 2 blunderbuts,
____ Caterrages a few Small lumbersom articles Capt Lewiss Desk and Some
books & Small articles in it
The wind from the N. W. verry worm flying Clouds in the evening the wind
Shifted round to the East & blew hard, which is a fair wind for the
two Canoes to Sail on the Plains across the portage, I had three Kegs of
Buffalow Grease tried up. Great numbers of Buffalow opposite to our Camp
watering to day.
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