Missouri River Breaks area — Joseph Whitehouse: May 15, 1805
The party remained in camp under cloudy skies, working to dry goods that had gotten wet. They opened the goods to air them out but had to quickly cover them again when a rain shower hit, lasting about an hour, before reopening them afterward. Several men went out hunting and returned by evening, having killed one buffalo, seven deer, and four beaver. The crew spent the rest of the day dressing skins and tending to other camp tasks.
cloudy. we delayed to dry the goods which was wet, opened
them but Soon had to cover them again for a Shower of rain which
lasted about one hour, then we opened them again. Several
men out a hunting, they all returned towards evening. had
killed one buffaloe 7 Deer and 4 beaver. Stayed here all day
& dressed Skins &c.
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Cloudy. We delayed to dry the goods that were wet. We opened them but soon had to cover them again because of a shower of rain that lasted about one hour, then we opened them again. Several men were out hunting; they all returned towards evening. They had killed one buffalo, 7 deer, and 4 beaver. We stayed here all day and dressed skins, etc.
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