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Journal entry · May 13, 1805
Missouri River Breaks area — John Ordway: May 13, 1805
John Ordway · Missouri River Breaks area · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore, 10 mi NNW of Hell Creek State Park, MT
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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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 10 mi NNW of Hell Creek State Park, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 8.1 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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