Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — John Ordway: July 17, 1806
After breakfast, the party continued downriver. Collins and Colter skinned two mountain sheep, preserving the skin and bones for the officers to bring back east. High winds nearly swamped some canoes and forced a halt at a creek above the pine islands and rapids around noon. While waiting, Cruzatte killed two bighorn sheep and Colter shot a deer. As the wind eased in the evening, they safely ran the rapids, observed large herds of bighorn along the Rocky Mountains, and camped about six miles below the rapids in a cottonwood grove.
breakfast and proceeded on Collins and Colter skinned the 2
Mountn Sheep Saved the Skin and bones for our officers to take to
the States, the wind rose So high that Some of the canoes were
near being filled, about noon we arived at the head of the pine
Islands & rapids & halted at the creek above as the wind [was] too
high to pass these rapids with Safety. Cruzatte killed 2 big horn
animels and Colter killed a deer, towards evening the wind
abated a little So we passed down the rapids with Safety, at the
foot of the rockey mountains large gangs of the Ibex or big horn
anam Seen along the edges of sd Mountn8 Camped about 6 miles
below sd rapids1 at a bottom in groves of cotten timber.
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After breakfast we proceeded on. Collins and Colter skinned the two mountain sheep and saved the skin and bones for our officers to take to the States. The wind rose so high that some of the canoes were nearly filled. About noon we arrived at the head of the Pine Islands and rapids and halted at the creek above, as the wind was too high to pass these rapids with safety. Cruzatte killed two bighorn animals and Colter killed a deer.
Toward evening the wind died down a little, so we passed down the rapids with safety. At the foot of the Rocky Mountains, large herds of the ibex or bighorn animals were seen along the edges of said mountains. We camped about 6 miles below said rapids in a bottom in groves of cottonwood timber.
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