Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 10, 1805
At the river forks, the men prepared for the next leg of the journey. They made a towing line for the white pirogue, cached a canister of powder and lead at the point, and hid the largest pirogue on an island, lashing it between trees and branding nearby trees to deter Native peoples from disturbing it. Blacksmiths repaired the air gun and other firearms, the canoe was caulked, and baggage was loaded. A brief afternoon rainstorm passed. Captain Lewis decided to push ahead with a few men to scout the river. Sacagawea was very ill and was bled.
men employed makeing a towing line for the white perogue. we
burryed a canister of powder & Some led &.C. in the point, we
hailed out our largest perogue in the middle of an Island in the
North fork opposite the point, and made hir fast between Some
trees, & branded Several trees to prevent the Savages from dis-
turbing hir the blacksmiths fixed up their bellowes & repaired
the air gun & Several other fire arms. The canoe calked, the
Baggage aranged & loaded the crafts, about 4 oClock P.M. we
had a light Shower of rain which lasted about an hour, high
wind, the evening pleasant Cap* Lewis concludes to go on
with a fiew men to the South Mountain & See the course of the
River &.C.1 Sah-cah-gah our Indian woman verry Sick & was
bled.
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The men were employed making a towing line for the white pirogue. We buried a canister of powder and some lead, etc., at the point. We hauled out our largest pirogue in the middle of an island in the North Fork opposite the point, and made her fast between some trees, and branded several trees to prevent the natives from disturbing her. The blacksmiths fixed up their bellows and repaired the air gun and several other firearms. The canoe was caulked, the baggage arranged, and the crafts loaded. About 4 o'clock P.M. we had a light shower of rain which lasted about an hour, with high wind, but the evening was pleasant. Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) concluded to go on with a few men to the South Mountain and see the course of the river, etc. Sah-cah-gah, our Indian woman, was very sick and was bled.
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