John Ordway: August 12, 1805
The party set out as usual along a very crooked river with rapid current, navigating deep and dangerous rapids where one of the large canoes nearly capsized. They passed low, swampy land with sparse timber along the shore. Around 2 o'clock they halted to dine and were hit by a hard thunder shower. Continuing on, they found plenty of red and yellow currants along the banks, picked up an antelope killed by a hunter the previous evening, and met hunters who had taken three deer and a fawn. They camped at a cottonwood grove on the larboard side.
hunting, we set out as usal and proceeded on the current verry
rapid the River verry crooked. Some of these rapids is deep
and dangerous to pass up one of the large canoes was near turning
over, we passed low Swampy land a little timber along the
Shore, about 2 oClock we halted to dine, we had a hard Thun-
der Shower rained some time, we then proceeded on found
pleanty of red and yallow currents along the Shores, took on
board a goat or antelope which one of the hunters killed yester-
day in the evening the hunters joined us had killed 3 deer & a
faun, we Came [blank in Ms.] miles2 and Camped at a grove of
cotten trees & Smooth prarie on the Lard Side.
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Hunting, we set out as usual and proceeded on. The current was very rapid and the river very crooked. Some of these rapids are deep and dangerous to pass up. One of the large canoes was near turning over. We passed low swampy land with a little timber along the shore. About 2 o'clock we halted to dine. We had a hard thunder shower that rained some time, we then proceeded on. We found plenty of red and yellow currants along the shores. We took on board a goat or antelope which one of the hunters had killed yesterday.
In the evening the hunters joined us, having killed 3 deer and a fawn. We came [blank in Ms.] miles and camped at a grove of cottonwood trees and smooth prairie on the Larboard side.
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