Clark: September 3, 1805
On a cloudy Tuesday, the party delayed departure until 8 a.m. while two men retrieved a load left behind the previous night. They traveled through pine-timbered country with rocky hills, eventually forced onto dangerously steep mountainsides where several horses slipped and were injured. They camped on a branch of the creek with little food, supplementing a bit of corn with five pheasants Clark shot and four killed by the hunters. Snow began at dusk following earlier rain and sleet, and their last thermometer was accidentally broken. Eastern mountains were snow-covered.
September 3rd Tuesday 1805 A Cloudy morning, horses verry Stiff Sent 2 men
back with the horse on which Capt Lewis rode for the load left back last
night which detained us until) 8 oClock at which time we Set out. The
Country is timbered with Pine Generally the bottoms have a variety of
Srubs & the fur trees in Great abundance. hills high & rockey on
each Side, in the after part of the day the high mountains closed the
Creek on each Side and obliged us to take on the Steep Sides of those
Mountains, So Steep that the horses Could Screcly keep from Slipping down,
Several Sliped & Injured themselves verry much, with great dificuelty
we made ____ miles & Encamped on a branh of the Creek we assended
after Crossing Several Steep points & one mountain, but little to eate
I killed 5 Pheasents & The huntes 4 with a little Corn afforded us a
kind of Supper, at dusk it began to Snow at 3 oClock Some rain. The
mountains to the East Covered with Snow. we met with a great misfortune,
in haveing our last Thmometer broken by accident, This day we passed over
emence hils and Some of the worst roade that ever horses passed our horses
frequently fell Snow about 2 inches deep when it began to rain which
termonated in a Sleet our genl. Courses nearly North from the R
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September 3rd, Tuesday, 1805. A cloudy morning, horses very stiff. Sent 2 men back with the horse on which Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) rode for the load left back last night, which detained us until 8 o'clock, at which time we set out. The country is timbered with pine. Generally the bottoms have a variety of shrubs, and the fir trees in great abundance. Hills high and rocky on each side. In the latter part of the day, the high mountains closed in on the creek on each side and obliged us to take to the steep sides of those mountains, so steep that the horses could scarcely keep from slipping down. Several slipped and injured themselves very much. With great difficulty we made ____ miles and camped on a branch of the creek we ascended, after crossing several steep points and one mountain. With little to eat, I killed 5 pheasants and the hunters 4, which with a little corn afforded us a kind of supper. At dusk it began to snow; at 3 o'clock some rain. The mountains to the east covered with snow.
We met with a great misfortune in having our last thermometer broken by accident. This day we passed over immense hills and some of the worst road that ever horses passed; our horses frequently fell. Snow about 2 inches deep when it began to rain, which terminated in a sleet. Our general course nearly north from the R——.
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