Lewis: fight with Blackfeet at Two Medicine River — John Ordway: July 26, 1806
An Indian dog wandered into camp and was fed scraps. The portage river ran too high to wade but was dropping. Colter and Potts ran canoes down the rapids toward the white pirogue near the cache, while the others returned to Willow Creek for another large canoe, struggling as the truck wheels sank to the hubs in mud. Cruzatte shot a buffalo, and they packed out the best meat. After hard labor, they got all canoes and baggage down to the white pirogue, opened the cache, and camped safely.
Indn dog came about our Camp we gave him Some meat, the
portage river too high to waid but is falling fast. Colter & Potts
went at running the canoes down the rapids to the white perogue
near the carsh. the rest of us returned to willow Creek took on
the other large canoe and halted to asist the horses as the truck
wheels Sank in the mud nearly to the hub. Cruzatte killed a
buffaloe we took the best of the meat and returned with much
hard fatigue to the portage River and got the canoes and all the
baggage down to the white perogue and Camped having got the
carsh opened and all brought to the white perogue & all Safe &C.
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An Indian dog came about our camp; we gave him some meat. The portage river is too high to wade, but is falling fast. Colter and Potts went to run the canoes down the rapids to the white pirogue near the cache. The rest of us returned to Willow Creek, took on the other large canoe, and halted to assist the horses, as the truck wheels sank in the mud nearly to the hub. Cruzatte killed a buffalo; we took the best of the meat and returned with much hard fatigue to the portage river. We got the canoes and all the baggage down to the white pirogue and camped, having gotten the cache opened and all brought to the white pirogue, and all safe, etc.
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