Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait — John Ordway: August 23, 1805
The expedition's hunters went out while the Shoshone natives declined to sell more horses until after crossing the mountains, though they agreed to help carry baggage over. The men sank their canoes in a pond on the river's north side to preserve them for the return trip. Native hunters chased down five or six deer on horseback, including a large black-tailed deer, since running game to exhaustion was their only hunting method. Around 3 p.m., about 40 more Shoshone arrived on horseback. Preparing to cross the mountains the next day, the party sent two men ahead to hunt; their hunter returned with five deer.
hunters out a hunting, the natives do not incline to part with
any more of their horses untill they cross the mountains, but will
carry our baggage over for us. Several of the natives went out
with their horses a hunting we took all the canoes in to a pond
on the North Side of the River and sank them in the water so as
they may be safe at our return, the natives who went a hunting
1 Lewis also gave Cameahwait some dried squashes, brought from Fori
Mandan. He had them boiled, and declared them “the best thing he had ever
tasted excepl sugar,” a small lump of which his sister, Sacajawea, had given
him.
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returned, drove a deer with them near the Camp and rode it
down so that they killed it with their bow and arrows, in that
way they caught & killd 5 or 6 this day one of them a verry large
black taild Deer, they have no other way to kill their game but
to run them down with their horses and tire them so that they
can kill them, about 3 oClock P. M. another party of the Snake
nation arived here about 40 of them on horse back, we expect to
set out to cross the mountain tomorrow, so we sent 2 men on a head
to kill Some meat if possable. towards evening our hunter re-
turned, had killed 2 large deer and three Small ones and brought
them all to Camp on the horse.
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Hunters went out hunting. The natives are not inclined to part with any more of their horses until we cross the mountains, but they will carry our baggage over for us. Several of the natives went out hunting with their horses. We took all the canoes into a pond on the north side of the river and sank them in the water so that they may be safe upon our return.
The natives who went hunting returned, having driven a deer with their horses near the camp and run it down so that they killed it with their bows and arrows. In that way they caught and killed five or six deer this day, one of them a very large black-tailed deer. They have no other way to kill their game but to run them down with their horses and tire them out so that they can kill them.
About 3 o'clock P.M. another party of the Snake nation arrived here, about 40 of them on horseback. We expect to set out to cross the mountain tomorrow, so we sent two men ahead to kill some meat if possible. Towards evening our hunter returned, having killed two large deer and three small ones, and brought them all to camp on the horse.
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