Clark: November 28, 1805
A miserable day of violent weather pinned the expedition in place. Strong southwest winds and heavy rain soaked the men, their bedding, stores, and rotting robes overnight, with their worn lodge and torn sails offering no shelter. Hunters sent into the point and thick woods found no deer, while swans, geese, and brant were too wary to approach. With waves too high to travel, the party had nothing to eat but pounded fish bought at the Great Falls. Around noon the wind shifted northwest and blew so fiercely it uprooted trees, continuing into the night.
November 28th Thursday 1805 Wind Shifted about to the S. W. and blew hard
accompanied with hard rain all last night, we are all wet bedding and
Stores, haveing nothing to keep our Selves or Stores dry, our Lodge nearly
worn out, and the pieces of Sales & tents So full of holes &
rotten that they will not keep any thing dry, we Sent out the most of the
men to drive the point for deer, they Scattered through the point; Some
Stood on the pensolu, we Could find no deer, Several hunters attempted to
penetrate the thick woods to the main South Side without Suckcess, the
Swan & gees wild and Cannot be approached, and wind to high to go
either back or forward, and we have nothing to eate but a little Pounded
fish which we purchasd. at the Great falls, This is our present
Situation,! truly disagreeable. aded to this the robes of our Selves and
men are all rotten from being Continually wet, and we Cannot precure
others, or blankets in their places. about 12 oClock the wind Shifted
about to the N. W and blew with great violence for the remainder of the
day at maney times it blew for 15 or 20 minits with Such violence that I
expected every moment to See trees taken up by the roots, Some were blown
down. Those Squals were Suckceeded by rain,! O how Tremendious is the day.
This dredfull wind and rain Continued with intervales of fair weather, the
greater part of the evening and night.
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Thursday 28th November 1805 Wind Shifted about to the S. W. and blew hard
accompanied with hard rain. rained all the last night we are all wet our
bedding and Stores are also wet, we haveing nothing which is Sufficient to
keep ourselves bedding or Stores dry Several men in the point hunting deer
without Suckcess, the Swan and brant which are abundant Cannot be
approached Sufficently near to be killed, and the wind and waves too high
to proceed on to the place we expect to find Elk, & we have nothing to
eate except pounded fish which we brought from the Great falls, this is
our present Situation; truly disagreeable. about 12 oClock the wind
Shifted around to the N W. and blew with Such violence that I expected
every moment to See trees taken up by the roots, maney were blown down.
This wind and rain Continued with Short intervales all the latter part of
the night. O! how disagreeable is our Situation dureing this dreadfull
weather.
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November 28th Thursday 1805. The wind shifted around to the S.W. and blew hard, accompanied with hard rain all last night. We are all wet — bedding and stores — having nothing to keep ourselves or our stores dry. Our lodge is nearly worn out, and the pieces of sails and tents are so full of holes and so rotten that they will not keep anything dry. We sent out most of the men to drive the point for deer; they scattered through the point, and some stood on the peninsula, but we could find no deer. Several hunters attempted to penetrate the thick woods to the main south side without success. The swans and geese are wild and cannot be approached, and the wind is too high to go either back or forward, and we have nothing to eat but a little pounded fish which we purchased at the Great Falls. This is our present situation — truly disagreeable! Added to this, the robes of ourselves and the men are all rotten from being continually wet, and we cannot procure others or blankets in their places. About 12 o'clock the wind shifted around to the N.W. and blew with great violence for the remainder of the day. Many times it blew for 15 or 20 minutes with such violence that I expected every moment to see trees taken up by the roots; some were blown down. These squalls were succeeded by rain. O how tremendous is the day! This dreadful wind and rain continued, with intervals of fair weather, the greater part of the evening and night.
Thursday 28th November 1805. The wind shifted around to the S.W. and blew hard, accompanied with hard rain. It rained all last night. We are all wet; our bedding and stores are also wet, we having nothing sufficient to keep ourselves, bedding, or stores dry. Several men were in the point hunting deer without success. The swans and brant, which are abundant, cannot be approached sufficiently near to be killed, and the wind and waves are too high to proceed on to the place where we expect to find elk, and we have nothing to eat except pounded fish which we brought from the Great Falls. This is our present situation — truly disagreeable. About 12 o'clock the wind shifted around to the N.W. and blew with such violence that I expected every moment to see trees taken up by the roots; many were blown down. This wind and rain continued with short intervals all the latter part of the night. O! how disagreeable is our situation during this dreadful weather.
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