Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — John Ordway: June 18, 1806

Sent on a head to go to the villages of the pel-oll-pellow nation1
they took one of the short rifles in order to git a pilot if possable
to go over the mountn with us. 2 of our horses could not be found
this morning, so 2 men was left to hunt them, we Set out about
8 oClock proced on with 4 men in front to clear the limbs and
bushes out of the path, we got but a short distance before one
of the men Potts who was of the front cut his leg verry bad with
a big knife we halted a fiew minutes Cap* Lewis Sowed up the
wound and bound it up we then proceeded on a short distance
further in crossing the creek Colters horse threw him in the
creek lost his blanket and hirt him a little, about noon^ we
halted to dine at the Same place we dined on the 16th Ins* at
which time came up a hard Shower of hail and rain and hard
Thunder, which lasted about an hour and cleared off. the 2 Fields
Stayed here to hunt we proceeded on towards evening we we
arived at the long glades on a branch of Collinses Creek where is
fine feed for our horses, so we Camped in order to Stay if the
1 “to the Choppunish Indians in the plains beyond the Kooskooskee.” Lewis.
368 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [June 19
hunters kill game untill a guide comes or untill the road is so that
we can go but it depends on the hunters and game in a great
measure, the musquetoes verry troublesome at this place, sev-
eral Salmon seen in this branch &C.