Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — John Ordway: July 6, 1806

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.