John Ordway: May 19, 1805
The party set off around 7 a.m. under clear, pleasant skies after catching a beaver. By mid-morning they killed a young brown bear on the south shore and passed pitch pine hills and timbered bottoms along the river. Captain Lewis's dog Seaman was bitten by a beaver. They stopped to dine on the north side, where Captain Clark killed three deer. After traveling about 18 miles, they camped on a timbered bottom on the north shore. Hunters together took an elk, several deer, and beaver during the day.
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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The party caught a beaver. We set off about 7 o'clock. Clear and pleasant, we proceeded on. About 10 o'clock A.M. we killed a young brown bear on the south shore. We passed pitch pine hills on each side of the river and timbered bottoms. Seaman, Capt Lewis's (Capt. Lewis's) dog, got bit by a beaver. One of the hunters on shore killed a deer. About one o'clock we halted to dine on the north side at a bottom of cottonwood timber. Capt Clark (Capt. Clark) killed three deer.
About 2 we proceeded on, passed a willow island near the north shore, and passed high pitch pine and cedar hills as usual. We passed bottoms on each side covered with cottonwood timber. We came about 18 miles this day and camped on a timbered bottom on the north side. [three or four words illegible] place Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) killed an elk. Some other of the hunters killed 3 deer and 3 beaver today.
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