John Ordway: September 20, 1805

handful or 2 of Indian peas and a little bears oil which we brought
with us we finished the last morcil of it and proceeded on half
Starved and very weak, our horses feet gitting Sore, came a
Short distance and found a line which Cap1 Clark had left with the
meat of a horse which they found in the woods and killed for our
1 Sherman Peak.
‘-‘ “When this discovery was made there was as much joy and rejoicing among
the corps, as happens among passengers at sen. who have experienced a dan-
gerous and protracted voyage, when they first discover land on the long looked
for coast.” (lass. Wheeler identifies this plain as the Kamas prairie plateau
beyond the Kooskooskee or Clearwater.
3 This creek had been reached the day before by Clark and his party of hunt-
ers, who named it “Ilungcry Creek.” According to Wheeler il is a stream, at
presenl unnamed, flowing south, southeast, and south again into Kooskooskee
River.
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use as they had killed nothing but 1 or 2 pheasants after they
left us. we took the meat and proceeded on a Short distance fur-
ther one horse Strayed from us yesterday with a pair of port
Mantons [portmanteaus] with Some Marchandize and Cap*
Lewises winter cloths & C. 2 men went back to hunt for him. we
proceeded on along a ridge where we had a bad road which was
filled with logs, our horses got stung by the wasps, we came on
untill after dark before we found any water, came 14 miles this
day.