Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — John Ordway: September 27, 1805
The party split into five groups and began felling five pitch pine trees near camp to construct canoes for the next leg of the journey. In the afternoon, the man who had been sent back into the mountains to retrieve two missing horses returned. He had located one of the horses but not the other. He had also killed a large deer along the way and brought part of the meat back to camp.
five differeent parties and went at falling five pitch pine trees for
5 canoes, all near our Encampments in the afternoon the man
who went back to the Mountains for the 2 horses returned, had
found one of the horses, and had killed a large deer and brought a
part of it with him.
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Five different parties went out to fell five pitch pine trees for five canoes, all near our encampments. In the afternoon the man who went back to the mountains for the two horses returned; he had found one of the horses, and had killed a large deer and brought a part of it with him.
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