Clark: June 26, 1805
On a cloudy morning following overnight rain, the party set out early hauling supplies—parched meal, pork, powder, lead, axes, tools, biscuit, portable soup, merchandise, and clothing—to the canoe. Clark gave Sergeant Pryor a dose of salts and directed Charbonneau to render buffalo tallow into empty kegs. He sorted items to be cached at the site, including pork, flour, two blunderbusses, cartridges, and Captain Lewis's desk with books. A warm northwest wind later shifted east, favoring sailing the canoes across the portage. Many buffalo watered opposite camp.
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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June 26th, Wednesday 1805. Some rain last night; this morning very cloudy. The party set out this morning very early with their loads for the canoe, consisting of parched meal, pork, powder, lead, axes, tools, biscuit, portable soup, and some merchandise and clothes, etc., etc. I gave Sergeant Pryor (Sgt. Pryor) a dose of salts, and set Chabonah (Charbonneau) to trying up the buffalo tallow and putting it into the empty kegs, etc. I sorted our articles to be left buried at this place: ____ kegs of pork, 1/2 a keg of flour, 2 blunderbusses, ____ cartridges, a few small cumbersome articles, Capt Lewiss (Capt. Lewis's) desk, and some books and small articles in it.
The wind was from the N.W., very warm, with flying clouds. In the evening the wind shifted around to the east and blew hard, which is a fair wind for the two canoes to sail on the plains across the portage. I had three kegs of buffalo grease tried up. Great numbers of buffalo were opposite our camp watering today.
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