Lewis: August 10, 1806
On a cloudy Sunday morning that Lewis feared would bring rain, the weather cleared and he pushed crews to finish repairs on the pirogue and canoe, which were completed by 2 P.M. Others continued tasks like skin-dressing from the previous day. When rain began at 4 P.M. and halted that work, Lewis ordered the vessels loaded and the party set out at 5 P.M. despite strong winds. They traveled nearly to the mouth of the White Earth River and camped on the southwest side, plagued by unusually troublesome mosquitoes.
Sunday August 10th 1806. The morning was somewhat cloudy I therefore
apprehended rain however it shortly after became fair. I hastened the
repairs which were necessary to the perogue and canoe which were
compleated by 2 P.M. those not engaged about this business employed
themselves as yester-day. at 4 in the evening it clouded up and began to
rain which puting a stop to the opperation of skindressing we had nothing
further to detain us, I therefore directed the vessels to be loaded and at
5 P.M. got under way the wind has blown very hard all day but did not
prove so much so this evening as absolutely to detain us. we decended this
evening as low nearly as the entrance of white Earth river and encamped on
the S. W. side. the musquetoes more than usually troublesome this evening.
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Sunday, August 10th, 1806. The morning was somewhat cloudy, so I worried about rain; however, it shortly afterward became fair. I hurried the repairs that were necessary to the pirogue and canoe, which were completed by 2 P.M. Those not engaged in this work employed themselves as they had yesterday. At 4 in the evening it clouded up and began to rain, which put a stop to the skin-dressing operation. We had nothing further to detain us, so I ordered the vessels to be loaded, and at 5 P.M. we got under way. The wind has blown very hard all day, but it did not prove so strong this evening as to absolutely detain us.
We descended this evening nearly as low as the entrance of White Earth River and camped on the southwest side. The mosquitoes were more than usually troublesome this evening.
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