Clark: September 7, 1805
The expedition traveled down a river valley on a cloudy, drizzly day, passing several small runs on the right and three creeks on the left. The valley measured one to two miles wide, with snow-capped mountains to the left and open hilly country to the right. The party spotted two abandoned Indian horses that were as wild as elk. One hunter arrived without his horse, which had broken loose overnight. Camp was not made until dark due to lack of a suitable spot, and another hunter who had killed an elk failed to catch up that evening.
September 7th Satturday 1805 A Cloudy & rainie Day the greater Part of
the Day dark & Drisley we proceedd on down the river thro a Vallie
passed Several Small Runs on the right & 3 creeks on the left The
Vallie from 1 to 2 miles wide the Snow top mountains to our left, open
hilley Countrey on the right. Saw 2 horses left by the Indians Those
horses were as wild a Elk. One of our hunters Came up this morning without
his horse, in the course of the night the horse broke loose & Cleared
outwe did not make Camp untill dark, for the want of a good place,
one of our hunters did not join us this evening. he haveing killed an elk
packed his horses & could not overtake us
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September 7th, Saturday 1805. A cloudy and rainy day, the greater part of the day dark and drizzly. We proceeded on down the river through a valley, passed several small runs on the right and 3 creeks on the left. The valley is from 1 to 2 miles wide, the snow-topped mountains to our left, open hilly country on the right. Saw 2 horses left by the Indians. Those horses were as wild as elk.
One of our hunters came up this morning without his horse; in the course of the night the horse broke loose and cleared out. We did not make camp until dark, for the want of a good place. One of our hunters did not join us this evening. Having killed an elk, he packed his horses and could not overtake us.
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