Missouri River near Musselshell River — Joseph Whitehouse: May 23, 1805
A frosty morning greeted the party, with standing water frozen over. They set off at sunrise and were rejoined by a hunter who had stayed out overnight and killed five deer. The expedition passed pine-covered hills and small islands along the river, stopping around 2 p.m. to dine, where an accidental fire damaged one hunter's shot pouch, powder horn, and rifle stock. They wounded a brown bear in the river but lost it under driftwood. After traveling 28 miles, they camped on the north shore, where some party members spotted distant high mountains to the west.
ae. frosty morning. | the Standing water was froze
over. we Set off at Sun rise and proceeded on one of
the hunters who went on Some distance & Stayed out
all [night] joined us, had killed 5 deer. we passed bottoms
killed [blank space in MS. ] Deer in S* bottoms _ passed pitch
pine hills on each Side of the River. passed Several Small
Islands in the River. about 2 oC. P.M. we halted and made
fire to dine at a timbred bottom on N.S. one of the hunters
took his rifle & bullett pouch on Shore the fire broke out
into the woods, and burned up his shot pouch powder horn &
the stalk of his rifle. about 3 oC we proceeded on passed pine
hills as usal. towards evening we killed a brown bear in, the
river but he Sank in under a large drift of wood So that we
could not git it. we Came 28 miles to day and Camped at a
timbred bottom on the N.S. Some of the party discovered
high Mountains to the west of us a long distance or as far off
as their eyes could extend L. S.
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A frosty morning. The standing water was frozen over. We set off at sunrise and proceeded on. One of the hunters, who had gone on some distance and stayed out all night, joined us, having killed 5 deer. We passed bottoms and killed [blank space in MS.] deer in said bottoms. We passed pitch pine hills on each side of the river. We passed several small islands in the river.
About 2 o'clock P.M. we halted and made a fire to dine at a timbered bottom on the north side. One of the hunters took his rifle and bullet pouch on shore; the fire broke out into the woods and burned up his shot pouch, powder horn, and the stock of his rifle.
About 3 o'clock we proceeded on, passing pine hills as usual. Towards evening we killed a brown bear in the river, but he sank under a large drift of wood so that we could not get him. We came 28 miles today and camped at a timbered bottom on the north side. Some of the party discovered high mountains to the west of us a long distance away, or as far off as their eyes could extend, on the larboard side.
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