Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — John Ordway: September 15, 1806
The party traveled with a headwind as usual. Hunters shot a fat buck elk from their canoe at the lower point of an island, took the meat aboard, and continued on. Later, the hunters shot another buck from their canoe. About twenty deer were spotted along the shores during the day. At sunset, the group camped on the north side near a large patch of pawpaws. While gathering the fruit, the men encountered several rattlesnakes, killing one and saving its skin.
and procd on the wind a head as usal. our hunters shot a buck
Elk from their canoe on the lower point of an Isld and was fat.
we took the meat on board and procd on towards evening the
hunters Shot a buck from their canoe, we have seen about 20
deer on the shores this day we Camped at Sunset on N. Side2
an emence Site of pappaws & as the men were gathering them Saw
a number of rattle Snakes and killed one of them and saved the
skin.
1 Clark places the camp on an island in the middle of the river, below the
encampment of July 1, 1804. He further notes that the party “received a
dram and Sung Songs untill 11 oClock at night in the greatest harmoney.”
2 A short distance above Hav Cabin (modern Little Blue) Creek.
400 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [Sept. 16
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And proceeded on, with the wind ahead as usual. Our hunters shot a buck Elk from their canoe on the lower point of an island, and it was fat. We took the meat on board and proceeded on. Towards evening the hunters shot a buck from their canoe. We have seen about 20 deer on the shores this day. We camped at sunset on the north side, at an immense site of pawpaws, and as the men were gathering them they saw a number of rattlesnakes and killed one of them and saved the skin.
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