Journal entry · June 11, 1805
Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 11, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Marias River decision camp · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
The place today: Marias River decision camp
a Clear pleasant morning. about 8 oClock Cap‘ Lewis,
George Drewyer, G. Gibson, Jo. Fields & Silas Goodrich Set
out for the South Snowey mountain. we put in the carsh or
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hole 1 keg of powder 1 bar led, 1 keg flour 1 keg pork 2 kegs
parched meal the bellowses & tools augur plains Saw &c. some
tin cups a dutch oven, a corn hand mill, packs of beaver, bear
Skins horns Buffalow Robes &c. &c. the Blacksmiths com-
pleated repairing the fire arms. the carsh or hole on the high
land dug deeper and compleated burrying the heavey articles
&c. we got in readiness to ascend the South fork. we have
caught more Small fish Since we lay here than we made use of,
and one kind of Small flat Scale fish that we never Saw the
kind before. ,
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The NPS atlas for this night
on the point/junction between the Marias and Missouri Rivers
NPS campsite reconstruction (Harlan) · Camp of June 3 to June 11, 1805
About 9.5 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Decision Point (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.0 mi
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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