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Journal entry · May 19, 1805
John Ordway: May 19, 1805
John Ordway · Near Musselshell River, Montana · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Near Musselshell River, Montana
the party caught a beaver, we set off about 7 oC. Clear and
pleasant, we proceeded on. about 10 oC. A. M. we killed a
young brown bear, on the S. Shore, passed pitch pine hills on
each Side of the River and timbred bottoms. Semon Cap* Lewiss
dog got bit by a beaver, one of the hunters on Shore killed a
Deer, about one oC. we halted to dine on N. S. at a bottom of
c. wood timber. Cap1 Clark killed three deer, about 2 we pro-
ceeded on passed a willow Island near the N. Shore passed
high pitch pine & ceeder hills as usal. passed bottoms on each
Side covered with c. w. timber, we Came about 18 miles this
day & Camped on a timbred bottom on N. S.2 [three or four
words illegible] place Cap4 Lewis killed an Elk. Some other of
the hunters killed 3 deer & 3 beaver to day.
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right shore, 4½ mi NE of mouth of Musselshell River, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 16.3 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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