Journal entry · August 19, 1805
Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — John Ordway: August 19, 1805
John Ordway · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
the fish net which we set across the River last night; and the steel
traps which were set for beaver, no fish caught in the net. one
beaver caught in a trap, a white frost & the grass stiff with frost
it being disagreeably cold, the day pleasant & warm. 3 hunters
out with a horse a hunting, the men at Camp employed in
dressing Skins packing the baggage & makeing pack saddles &c.
we caught a nomber of fine Trout covred all over with black spots
in Stead of red. in the afternoon the hunters returned to Camp
& had killed and brought in 2 deer, light Showers of rain this
even8 this is the place we call the upper forks of Jeffersons River
& the extream navigable point of the Missourie close under the
dividing ridge of the Western Country. Cap* Lewis takes observa-
tions by the Sun and moon &C.
1 Meaning, apparently, that a few arrow points were bartered for another
horse.
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SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 271
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Fortunate Camp, east side of Beaverhead River
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of August 17 to August 23, 1805
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