John Ordway: October 15, 1805
Ordway and a party set out with three canoes to retrieve 17 elk that had been killed earlier. They paddled as far upstream as possible, then began packing the meat back on foot, each man carrying two loads at a time. While returning for a third load, the men became scattered as night fell. Ordway, Whitehouse, Collins, and Hugh McNeal lost their way and were forced to spend the night out in the open without a fire.
set out with three canoes to go after the 17 Elk. went up as far
as possable with the canoes then packed each man 2 loads each,
and went after the third and got scattered night over took some
of us and I Whitehouse Collins and Hugh Mcneal got lost and
Stayed out all night with out fire.
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Set out with three canoes to go after the 17 elk. We went up as far as possible with the canoes, then each man packed 2 loads each, and went after the third load. We got scattered, and night overtook some of us. I, Whitehouse, Collins, and Hugh McNeal got lost and stayed out all night without a fire.
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