Jefferson River ascending toward divide — Joseph Whitehouse: August 1, 1805
Clear weather as the party set out, with hunters taking a goose and beaver early on. After breakfasting under cedar trees, Captain Lewis, Sergeant Gass, Charbonneau, and Drouillard left on foot to scout ahead for Indians. The group passed swift currents, chokecherries, and 500-foot cliffs with pine and cedar. Captain Clark shot a mountain sheep, and in honor of his birthday, ordered flour distributed to the men. Whitehouse regretted leaving his pipe-tomahawk on the previous night's island. A towrope broke on Clark's pirogue near a rapid. They traveled 13.5 miles, camped in a cottonwood bottom, killed five deer, retrieved two elk Lewis had left, spotted a white bear, and saw snow on mountains to the south.
a clear morning. we Set out as usal and proceeded on.
Some of the men killed a goose & a beaver. about 8 oClock
A. M. we took breakfast under Some handsome ceeder trees on
S. Side. Capt Lewis Serg! Gass Sharbonoe & Drewyer Set out
by land to go on up the River to make discoverys &c expecting
to find Indians &c. we proceeded on. find currents as usal
and choak cherrys along the River. the current Swift the
hills higher and more pine and ceeder timber on them. we
passed high clifts about 500 feet high in many places. consid-
erable of pine on the Sides of the hills all the hills rough and
uneven. at noon Cap! Clark killed a mountain Sheep, on the
Side of a Steep redish hills or clifts the remainder of the
flock ran up the Steep clifts. the one killed roled down
Some distance So we got it and dined eairnestly on it. it
being Cap! Clarks buthday he ordered Some flour gave out to
the party. we Saw Some timber along the Shores resembling
ceeder which Some call Juniper, which had a delightfull Shade.
I left my Tommahawk on the Small Island where we lay last
night which makes me verry Sorry that I forgot it as 1 had used
it common to Smoak in.’ proceeded on passed verry high
ragid clifts, and a bad rapid at the upper end of a Small Island
the toe rope broke of the Cap® perogue, and it was in danger
of upsetting. passed a Spring run or creek on L. Side. came
in to a valley. passed bottoms of timber and the mouth of a
1 Referring to a variety of tomahawk made with a hollow handle, which served also
as a pipe.— Ep.
large creek on S. Side, and a Spring also. we came 13% miles
and Ca[m]ped in a fine bottom covered with cotton tim-
ber and thick bushes &c. Saw a white bear. the hunters
killed 5 deer we took on board 2 Elk which Cap! Lewis had
killed and left on Shore for us. Saw Snow on the Mountains
a Short distance to the South of us.
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A clear morning. We set out as usual and proceeded on. Some of the men killed a goose and a beaver. About 8 o'clock A.M. we took breakfast under some handsome cedar trees on the south side. Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis), Sergt Gass (Sgt. Gass), Sharbonoe (Charbonneau), and Drewyer (Drouillard) set out by land to go on up the river to make discoveries, etc., expecting to find Indians, etc. We proceeded on, finding currents as usual and chokecherries along the river. The current was swift, the hills higher, and more pine and cedar timber on them. We passed high cliffs about 500 feet high in many places. There was considerable pine on the sides of the hills, and all the hills were rough and uneven.
At noon Capt Clark (Capt. Clark) killed a mountain sheep on the side of a steep reddish hill or cliff. The remainder of the flock ran up the steep cliffs. The one killed rolled down some distance, so we got it and dined earnestly on it. It being Capt Clark's birthday, he ordered some flour given out to the party. We saw some timber along the shores resembling cedar, which some call juniper, which had a delightful shade.
I left my tomahawk on the small island where we lay last night, which makes me very sorry that I forgot it, as I had commonly used it to smoke in. Proceeded on, passed very high ragged cliffs, and a bad rapid at the upper end of a small island. The tow rope broke off the Captain's pirogue, and it was in danger of upsetting. Passed a spring run or creek on the left side. Came into a valley. Passed bottoms of timber and the mouth of a large creek on the south side, and a spring also.
We came 13½ miles and camped in a fine bottom covered with cottonwood timber and thick bushes, etc. Saw a white bear. The hunters killed 5 deer. We took on board 2 elk which Capt Lewis had killed and left on shore for us. Saw snow on the mountains a short distance to the south of us.
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