Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — John Ordway: July 20, 1806
The party remained in camp this day because the truck wagons were not yet ready. Sergeant Gass worked on fitting tongues into the wagons, while other men spent the day dressing deer skins. Mosquitoes and small flies tormented the group throughout the day. Toward evening, four horses were brought up and harnessed to the truck wagons to test them; the horses were able to pull the wagons, though they too were covered thickly with mosquitoes and small flies.
lay here to day as the truck waggons are not fixed. Serg* Gass
went at putting in the tongues to the waggons. Some of the men
are engaged dressing Skins, but we are tormented by the Musque-
toes and Small flys. the men engaged dressing deer Skins &C.
towards evening we got up our our 4 horses [and] tackled them
in the truck waggons found they would draw but were covred
thick with Musquetoes and Small flys &C.
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We stayed here today because the truck wagons are not yet fixed. Sergeant Gass (Sgt. Gass) went to work putting the tongues into the wagons. Some of the men are busy dressing skins, but we are tormented by the mosquitoes and small flies. The men were engaged in dressing deer skins, etc.
Toward evening we brought up our four horses and hitched them to the truck wagons. We found that they would pull, but they were covered thick with mosquitoes and small flies, etc.
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