Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — John Ordway: May 2, 1806
The party recovered most of their horses except one, prompting hunters and others to search in different directions. A man returning to the previous day's dinner site was met by an Indian who had caught the missing horse and was bringing it back; the officers rewarded him with a tomahawk, knife, and overalls. Around noon the group continued up the branch through high plains and bottoms, crossing the three-foot-deep stream several times, with timbered, partly snow-covered hills to the right. Hunters returned in the evening with only one beaver and one otter. They camped on a fork of the branch.
all but one of our best horses which they could not find. Several
hunters went on up the branch a hunting. Several of the men
went out in different directions to look for the lost horse, one of
them went back to where we took dinner yesterday and turned
back, was Soon overtaken by an Indian who had caught our
horse & was takeing him to us. as soon as the Indian returned
him to us our officers gave a tommahawk knife and a pr overalls
for the kindness, about noon we proceeded on up the branch
over high plains & Smooth bottoms. the branch forked1 in
Several places high hills to our right covred with timber and
partly covred with Snow, we crossed the branch in several places,
where it was 3 feet deep, our hunters joined us in the evening.
had killed only one beaver and one otter Camped on a fork
of the branch2 came [blank in Ms.] mls
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All but one of our best horses, which they could not find. Several hunters went on up the branch hunting. Several of the men went out in different directions to look for the lost horse. One of them went back to where we took dinner yesterday and turned back, and was soon overtaken by an Indian who had caught our horse and was bringing him to us. As soon as the Indian returned him to us, our officers gave a tomahawk, a knife, and a pair of overalls for his kindness.
About noon we proceeded on up the branch over high plains and smooth bottoms. The branch forked in several places. High hills to our right were covered with timber and partly covered with snow. We crossed the branch in several places, where it was 3 feet deep. Our hunters joined us in the evening. They had killed only one beaver and one otter. Camped on a fork of the branch. Came [blank in Ms.] miles.
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