Lewis: April 21, 1805
The expedition set out early on a windy morning, traveling through country similar to recent days. Captain Clark walked onshore and killed a buffalo and four deer, while Lewis's party took three deer, two beavers, and four buffalo calves, the latter compared favorably to veal. They observed massive herds of buffalo, elk, deer, and antelope, and noted elk beginning to shed their horns. Strong evening winds forced a halt for several hours. They camped after dark just above the White Earth River, which Lewis described as a deep, navigable stream flowing through a treeless, fertile valley.
Sunday April 21st 1805. Set out at an early hour this morning. Capt Clark
walked on shore; the wind tho a head was not violent. the country through
which we passed is very simelar in every rispect to that through which we
have passed for several days.We saw immence herds of buffaloe Elk
deer & Antelopes. Capt Clark killed a buffaloe and 4 deer in the
course of his walk today; and the party with me killed 3 deer, 2 beaver,
and 4 buffaloe calves. the latter we found very delicious. I think it
equal to any veal I ever tasted. the Elk now begin to shed their horns.
passed one large and two small creeks on the Lard. side, tho neither of
them discharge any water at present. the wind blew so hard this evening
that we were obliged to halt several hours. we reached the place of
incampment after dark, which was on the Lard. side a little above White
earth river which discharges itself on the Stard. side. immediately at the
mouth of this river it is not more than 10 yards wide being choked up by
the mud of the Missouri; tho after leaving the bottom lands of this river,
or even sooner, it becomes a boald stream of sixty yards wide and is deep
and navigable. the course of this river as far as I could see from the top
of Cut bluff, was due North. it passes through a beatifull level and
fertile vally about five miles in width. I think I saw about 25 miles up
this river, and did not discover one tree or bush of any discription on
it’s borders. the vally was covered with Elk and buffaloe. saw a great
number of gees today as usual, also some swan and ducks.
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Sunday, April 21st, 1805. We set out at an early hour this morning. Capt Clark (Capt. Clark) walked on shore; the wind, though ahead, was not violent. The country through which we passed is very similar in every respect to that through which we have passed for several days. We saw immense herds of buffalo, elk, deer, and antelope. Capt Clark killed a buffalo and 4 deer in the course of his walk today; and the party with me killed 3 deer, 2 beaver, and 4 buffalo calves. The latter we found very delicious. I think it equal to any veal I ever tasted. The elk now begin to shed their horns.
We passed one large and two small creeks on the larboard side, though neither of them discharges any water at present. The wind blew so hard this evening that we were obliged to halt for several hours. We reached the place of encampment after dark, which was on the larboard side a little above White Earth River, which discharges itself on the starboard side. Immediately at the mouth of this river it is not more than 10 yards wide, being choked up by the mud of the Missouri; though after leaving the bottom lands of this river, or even sooner, it becomes a bold stream of sixty yards wide and is deep and navigable. The course of this river, as far as I could see from the top of Cut Bluff, was due north. It passes through a beautiful level and fertile valley about five miles in width. I think I saw about 25 miles up this river, and did not discover one tree or bush of any description on its borders. The valley was covered with elk and buffalo. We saw a great number of geese today as usual, also some swan and ducks.
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