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Journal entry · July 16, 1806

Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — John Ordway: July 16, 1806

John Ordway · Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

The place today: Missouri River above Great Falls, Gates of the Mountains

breakfast and proceeded on verry well, the wind rose a head and
blew so high about noon that [it] obledged us to lay too near the
gates of the rockey Mountains Collins killed a large beaver we
gathered a little pitch for our canoes &c about 3 P.M. the wind
abated a little and we proced on thro the gates of the mn Saw large
gangs of Mountain Sheep and Elk Collins killed faun Elk and
two Mountain Sheep, we proceeded on below ordways river and
Camped on a Sand beach. Same Side.

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