Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — John Ordway: July 1, 1806
The hunting parties set out early and returned by noon with twelve deer, including several large, fat bucks. In the afternoon, the captains held a council with the Nez Perce guides who had crossed the mountains with the expedition. The guides expressed a desire to live in peace and to bury their war emblems in the ground. As a gesture of goodwill, one of the guides presented Captain Lewis with a fine horse.
eairly a hunting they all returned by noon had killed in all
twelve deer & Some of them large fat bucks, in the afternoon
our officers had a talk with the guides that came over the moun-
tains with us. they told our officers that they wished to live in
peace and bury their war Stripes in the ground, one of them
gave Cap* Lewis a good horse.
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Early in the morning they went hunting. They all returned by noon, having killed in all twelve deer, some of them large fat bucks. In the afternoon our officers had a talk with the guides that came over the mountains with us. They told our officers that they wished to live in peace and bury their war stripes in the ground. One of them gave Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) a good horse.
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