Lewis: fight with Blackfeet at Two Medicine River — John Ordway: July 26, 1806
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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