Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 24, 1805

a fair morning. we halled out the last canoe, & turned hir
up to dry. all the party present Set out eairly with a waggon
& baggage &c. for the upper Camp. we had Some difficulty
in gitting the loading up on the high plains to where the
canoes were left last night, though after a little fatigue we got
all the loading which we intended carrying at this load in 2
Canoes & proceeded on to a creek called willow creek 7 miles
from the lower Camp & halted to refresh ourselves. made a
tongue to one of the truck waggons, & proceeded on the
wind blew Steady from the S. East. we hoisted a Sail in the
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largest canoe which helped us much as 4 men halling at
the chord with a harness. passed through high Smoth delight-
ful plains. Sawa nomber of antelopes & buffalow. towards
evening when we were within about 3 miles of the upper
Camp, their came up of a Sudden a violent thunder Shower
& rained a mazeing hard, for about 15 or 20 minutes, in which
time the water Stood on the ground over our mockasons.
our water being all gone and all the men thursty drunk harty
out of the puddles. at dusk we arived at the upper camp, and
unloaded found Some of the baggage wet by the raining in
the canoes &c. we found Shannon here. he had been in-
camped up the medison River. he had killed 3 buffalow 8
Deer & several antelopes but no Elk.