Missouri River Breaks area — John Ordway: May 13, 1805
The morning brought sprinkling rain and high winds, delaying the party's departure while hunters went out. Around 1 p.m. the wind died down enough to set off, even though not all hunters had returned. The afternoon turned pleasant as they traveled past bottoms and bluffs, passing three creek mouths—two on the south side and one on the north. After nine miles against a swift current, they camped in a large bottom on the south side, where the hunters rejoined them with several elk and deer killed and a brown bear wounded.
night. Some Sprinkling rain and high wind this morning. Some
men out hunting about one oC. P. M. the wind abated so that
we Set off though the hunters had not all returned, the after-
noon pleasant, we proceeded on passed the bottoms and bluffs
on each side passed the mouths of three creeks 2 on s. s. and one
on the N. S. we came 9 miles and Camped in a large bottom on
s. s. the hunters all joined [us] had killed several Elk & deer
and wounded a brown bear, on the hills, the current Swift (came
9 m18)
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night. Some sprinkling rain and high wind this morning. Some men were out hunting. About one o'clock P.M. the wind died down so that we set off, though the hunters had not all returned. The afternoon was pleasant. We proceeded on, passed the bottoms and bluffs on each side, and passed the mouths of three creeks—two on the south side and one on the north side. We came 9 miles and camped in a large bottom on the south side. The hunters all joined us; they had killed several elk and deer and wounded a brown bear on the hills. The current was swift. (came 9 miles)
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