Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 14, 1805
The party set out with two men suffering sore hands and another ill. They passed a north-side bottom where Captain Lewis's group had camped, killed two bears and a deer, and left skins and fat to be picked up. The two men who had stayed on that side rejoined them, and at breakfast they met another man who had killed two buffalo and two deer. High bluffs lined the river and the current ran very rapid. The interpreter's wife was very sick and one man had a light fever. They made 10 miles and camped on the larboard side.
last [night] 2 of them had Sore hands the other Sick, proceeded
on passed a bottom on N. S. where Cap* Lewis & men had
Camped 1 night & killed 2 bears & one Deer & left the Skins &
fat for us to take on board, the 2 men who lay out on that Side
we found here, at breakfast we came up with the other man who
had killed the evening before 2 buffalow & 2 Deer, we proceeded
on passed verry high bluffs on each Side of the River and Several
Islands covered with cotton timber, the current verry rapid all
day. our Intrepters wife verry Sick, one of the men a light feaver.
we Came 10 miles to day through a verry rapid current, and
Camped on the Lard Side at a small bottom of cotton timber.2
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Last night two of them had sore hands and the other was sick. We proceeded on and passed a bottom on the north side where Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) and his men had camped one night and killed two bears and one deer, and left the skins and fat for us to take on board. The two men who had stayed out on that side we found here. At breakfast we came up with the other man, who had killed two buffalo and two deer the evening before. We proceeded on and passed very high bluffs on each side of the river and several islands covered with cottonwood timber. The current was very rapid all day. Our interpreter's wife is very sick, and one of the men has a light fever.
We came 10 miles today through a very rapid current, and camped on the larboard side at a small bottom of cottonwood timber.
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