Weippe Prairie, rescued by Nez Perce — John Ordway: September 21, 1805
The party spent the morning rounding up their horses, finally setting out around 10 a.m. They traveled west over a rough trail, crossing a creek early on and struggling through ridges where fire-killed timber had fallen across the path, blocking their way. In the evening they descended a mountain and reached a large creek flowing southwest, following it briefly before camping after about 11 miles. Captain Lewis shot a wolf, and other men killed three pheasants and a duck. The group supplemented their meal with crawfish caught in the creek.
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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We did not find all our horses until about 10 o'clock, at which time we set out, and proceeded on. Soon we crossed a creek and proceeded on nearly a west course, over a rough trail. On some of the ridges the timber had been killed some time past by fires, and is fallen across the trail so that we had some difficulty to pass. Towards evening we descended down a mountain and came on a large creek running southwest. We came down it a short distance and camped, having come 11 miles this day.
Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) killed a wolf. Some of the party killed three pheasants and a duck. We ate them and caught a few crawfish in the creek and ate them.
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