John Ordway: July 27, 1806
Ordway's party set out with four horses, crossing the river to the north side to bring them down to the mouth of the Marias River, where they planned to pack meat while awaiting Captain Lewis and his group. They hauled the white pirogue out of the bushes and repaired it. Around noon, they loaded up and pushed off with the white pirogue and five canoes, traveling quickly down the rapid water. They camped on the south side near a large herd of buffalo, and hunters quickly killed five buffalo, including some fat ones, plus a deer. R. Frazer also killed a buffalo with his musket.
lard Set out with the 4 horses crossed the river to the N. Side to
take them down to the Mouth of Morriah [Marias] to back
[pack] the meat while we lay their, as we expect to arive their be-
fore Cap* Lewis & party, we hailed out the white perogue out
of the bushes and repaired hir. about 12 we loaded and Set out
382 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [July 28
with the white perogue and the 5 canoes. procd on down the
rapid water fast. Camped on S. Side at large gange of buffaloe
the hunters killed in a fiew minutes 5 buffaloe Some of which was
fat, and one deer. And R. Frazer killed one buffaloe with his
musquet &C.
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Loaded. Set out with the 4 horses, crossed the river to the north side to take them down to the mouth of Morriah [Marias] to pack the meat while we lay there, as we expect to arrive there before Capt. Lewis (Capt. Lewis) and party. We hauled the white pirogue out of the bushes and repaired her. About 12 we loaded and set out with the white pirogue and the 5 canoes. Proceeded on down the rapid water fast. Camped on the south side at a large gang of buffalo. The hunters killed in a few minutes 5 buffalo, some of which were fat, and one deer. And R. Frazer killed one buffalo with his musket, etc.
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