Missouri River near Yellowstone approach — John Ordway: April 24, 1805
Strong winds from the northwest forced the party to remain in camp throughout the day. They took advantage of the delay to dry and air out portions of the cargo that had gotten wet the previous day. Several members went hunting and successfully killed buffalo, elk, deer, and other game. One hunter discovered several young wolf pups and brought them back to camp. During the day, the surrounding woods caught fire.
from the N. W. so that we had to delay here all this day. we
dryed and aired Some of the loading which had got wet yester-
day. Several of the party went out a hunting, they killed Sev-
eral buffaloe Elk deer &.C. one of them found Several young
wolf papppies and brought them to camp, the wods got on fire.
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The wind blew from the northwest, so we had to delay here all this day. We dried and aired some of the loading which had gotten wet yesterday. Several of the party went out hunting; they killed several buffalo, elk, deer, etc. One of them found several young wolf puppies and brought them to camp. The woods caught on fire.
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