Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — John Ordway: July 6, 1806
After rounding up the horses, the party continued up the branch to the mountain and crossed left onto an Indian trail. About five or six miles on, they reached a stream flowing south, where Shields killed an unfamiliar type of hare. Sacagawea identified the branch as the headwaters of the Jefferson River. They traveled down through large glades of camas and grass, halting to dine. Crossing into an open plain, they were struck by a hard thunderstorm of hail, rain, and wind, then camped at dusk near a branch showing Indian signs and abundant camas.
while hunting up our horses, then proceed on as usal up the
branch to the mount11 and crossed over to the left in an Indian
trail, at about 5 or 6 miles we got over on a branch running
South2 Shields killed a hair of a different discription of any we
have seen before, our Intrepters wife tells us that we She knows
the country & that this branch is the head waters of jeffersons
river, &.C. we proceeded on down the branch, large glades
covred with Commass & fine grass about noon we halted at one
of the glades to dine and proceeded on down the creek late in
the afternoon we came to a large extensive plain contined our
course about south in this plain got 5 or 6 miles out in the open
plain came up a hard Thunder Shower of hail rain and hard
wind, we halted a short time in the midst of it then proceed on
at dark we Campd at a branch3 Saw Indn signs abundance of
Commass on this branch.
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While hunting up our horses, then proceeded on as usual up the branch to the mountain and crossed over to the left on an Indian trail. At about 5 or 6 miles we got over onto a branch running south. Shields killed a hare of a different description from any we have seen before. Our interpreter's wife tells us that she knows the country and that this branch is the headwaters of Jefferson's River, etc.
We proceeded on down the branch, large glades covered with camas and fine grass. About noon we halted at one of the glades to dine and proceeded on down the creek. Late in the afternoon we came to a large extensive plain and continued our course about south in this plain. After getting 5 or 6 miles out in the open plain, a hard thunder shower of hail, rain, and hard wind came up. We halted a short time in the midst of it, then proceeded on. At dark we camped at a branch. Saw Indian signs and abundance of camas on this branch.
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