Missouri River Breaks area — Joseph Whitehouse: May 16, 1805
After a heavy dew, the morning was clear and pleasant, allowing the party to spread out and dry the goods before repacking them. Hunters wounded a large panther found covering a deer it had killed, and Sergeant Ordway shot an antelope around noon while another man killed a second one stuck in mud. The goods were repacked and loaded into the officers' pirogue, and the group set off around 3 p.m., passing broken hills, knobs, and a small willow island. They killed two buffalo, three deer, and a buffalo calf, then camped on the south side after traveling seven miles.
a heavy diew last night a clear pleasant morning. we
opened the goods &c. in order to get them dry before we
packed them up. Some of the men wounded a large panther
in this bottom, as he was coverring up a deer which he had
killed not long before. about 12 oClock Sergt Ordway killed
a cabberree or antelope, a Specie of our goats. one of the
party killed another which was mired in the mud. about one
oC. we packed up our goods and loaded the officers perogue.
about 3 oClock P. M. we set off and proceeded on. _ passed
high broken hills & round knobs on each Side of the River and
narrow bottoms. passed a Small willow Island near the N.S.
we halted a fiew minutes at a bottom on N.S. and killed 2 buf-
faloe, 3 Deer and one buffaloe calf. Camped on the S.S. ata
bottom covered with timber. came 7 miles to day.
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A heavy dew fell last night, and the morning is clear and pleasant. We opened the goods, etc., in order to get them dry before we packed them up. Some of the men wounded a large panther in this bottom, as he was covering up a deer which he had killed not long before. About 12 o'clock Sergt Ordway (Sergeant Ordway) killed a cabberree, or antelope, a species of our goats. One of the party killed another which was mired in the mud. About one o'clock we packed up our goods and loaded the officers' pirogue.
About 3 o'clock P.M. we set off and proceeded on. Passed high broken hills and round knobs on each side of the river, and narrow bottoms. Passed a small willow island near the north side. We halted a few minutes at a bottom on the north side and killed 2 buffalo, 3 deer, and one buffalo calf. Camped on the south side at a bottom covered with timber. Came 7 miles today.
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