Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — John Ordway: July 22, 1806
The party split up in different directions searching for four missing horses, finally locating them around noon at the Great Falls of the Missouri. They harnessed the horses and set out hauling two canoes, but after about five miles their axletree broke. They turned back with the truck wheels, leaving one man to guard the baggage. They fashioned a new axletree and started again with two more canoes before camping. Hunters returned having killed three buffalo and one antelope.
turned out in different directions in Search of our 4 horses about
noon they were found at the grand falls of Missourie and we
tackled up the horses and set out with 2 canoes part of the men
not returnd from hunting the horses, we proced about 5 miles miles
then our extletree broke down and we had to turn back with our
truck wheels leaving a man to take care of the baggage &C. we
made another extletree and Started with 2 more canoes & Camped
Some of the men came in from hunting the horses had killed
three buffaloe and one goat or antelope.
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We turned out in different directions in search of our four horses. About noon they were found at the Grand Falls of the Missouri, and we hitched up the horses and set out with two canoes. Part of the men had not returned from hunting the horses. We proceeded about five miles, then our axletree broke down and we had to turn back with our truck wheels, leaving a man to take care of the baggage, etc.
We made another axletree and started with two more canoes and camped. Some of the men came in from hunting the horses; they had killed three buffalo and one goat or antelope.
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