Journal entry · July 12, 1806
Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — John Ordway: July 12, 1806
John Ordway · Upper Missouri near entrance to Canyon / approaching Three Forks, MT · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Upper Missouri River, approaching Three Forks, MT
here last year we Split up this morning for paddles, &C. Set out as
usal and proceed on down the river fast the canoe Cap* Clark
1 An agreeable contrast to the painful ascent of the summer before. Three
Thousand Mile Island is no longer in existence. Its site, about midway between
the Beaver Head and the town of Dillon, had been passed on Aug. 11, 1805.
2 On the old camping ground of Aug. 6, 1805.
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was in got drove to shore by the wind under some tops of trees
and was near being filled with water. Cap* Clark fired 2 guns as
a signal for help I and the other canoes which was a head halted
and went to their assistance they soon got him safe off about
2 P. M. we halted to dine at the mouth of R. Fields Creek the
hunters killed one deer and one beaver, we dined and proceeded
on down the little gape of the mount and Camped1 about Sunset
Collins killed two beaver this evening.
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The NPS atlas for this night
north bank of the Jefferson River near Sappington Fishing Access, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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Upper Missouri River, approaching Three Forks, MT in 360°
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