Journal Entry

Weippe Prairie, rescued by Nez Perce — John Ordway: September 21, 1805

September 21, 1805
John Ordway Weippe Prairie, rescued by Nez Perce Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

not find all our horses untill about 10 oClock at which time we Set
out, and proceed on soon crossed a creek and proceed on nearly
a west course, over a rough trail. Some of the ridges the timber
has been killed some time past by fires, and is fell across the
trail so that we have some difficulty to pass, towards evening we
descended down a Moun* and came on a large creek1 running
s. w. we came down it a short distance and Camped had come
11 miles this day. Cap* Lewis killed a wolf Some of the party
killed three pheasants and a duck, we eat them and caught a
fi[e]w craw fish in the creek and eat them.

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