Journal entry · May 1, 1805
Missouri River near Porcupine River — John Ordway: May 1, 1805
John Ordway · Missouri River near Porcupine River · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore, 5 mi southwest of Brockton, MT
cold, we Set off at Sun rise, the wind from the East, we Sailed
on verry well passed broken bluffs & round knobs on the s. s.
and bottoms covrd with cottonwood timber on each Side of the
River and the hills in general are not so high as they have been
below and the country is more pleasant, and the timber is gitting
pleantier. about 12 oClock the wind rose So high that the Small
canoes could not go on without filling, we halted at a bottom covd
with timber on S. S. one of the cannoes lay on the opposite
Shore and could not cross the water ran so high. Some men went
out in this bottom a hunting & killed one buffaloe one Deer & a
Goose & 2 beaver also, the wind continued So high that we delay
and Camped for the night.3 the sd cannoe lay on the opposite
Side all night, came only 10 miles to day.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 5 mi southwest of Brockton, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 10.1 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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