Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — John Ordway: July 18, 1806
The party continued downstream on a gentle current, spotting large herds of buffalo on the plains along with many beaver and otter. Collins killed three deer around midday. In the evening they passed the mouth of Smiths River and made camp shortly after, though hunters sent after buffalo returned empty-handed despite seeing many. Mosquitoes and small biting flies were extremely troublesome, leaving Ordway's face and eyes badly swollen from the insects' poison.
as usal and proceeded on down the gentle current Saw large
gangues of buffaloe out in the plains about noon Collins killed
three deer. Saw great numbers of beaver and otter &C. to-
wards evening we passed the mouth of Smiths River a short
distance below Some of the hunters went out after some gangues
of buffaloe and we Camped it being late the hunters did not kill
any this evening but Saw great numbers in the plains, the
Musquetoes and Small flyes are verry troublesome, my face and
1 “Pine Rapids” of Ordway is modern Halfbreed Rapids, a short distance
above the town of Hardy. Today’s camp was in the immediate vicinity of
that of July 16, 1805.
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1806] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 379
eyes are Swelled by the poison of those insects which bite verry
severe indeed.
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As usual and proceeded on down the gentle current. Saw large herds of buffalo out in the plains. About noon Collins killed three deer. Saw great numbers of beaver and otter, etc. Towards evening we passed the mouth of Smiths River. A short distance below, some of the hunters went out after some herds of buffalo, and we camped, it being late. The hunters did not kill any this evening but saw great numbers in the plains. The mosquitoes and small flies are very troublesome. My face and eyes are swelled by the poison of those insects, which bite very severely indeed.
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