Lewis: August 5, 1806
Lewis waited through the morning of August 5, 1806, hoping that Colter and Collins, who had been separated from the party, would catch up; hunters killed four deer near camp during the wait. Concluding the two men must have already passed in the dark, Lewis reembarked at noon and traveled until evening, camping on the south side about ten miles below Little Dry River. The party killed a cow buffalo for meat, and the Field brothers shot two large bears, one measuring nine feet. They observed abundant wildlife along the route.
Tuesday August 5th 1806. Colter and Collins not having arrived induced me
to remain this morning for them. the hunters killed four deer this morning
near our encampment. I remained untill noon when I again reimbarked and
set out concluding that as Colter and Collins had not arrived by that time
that they had passed us after dark the night of the 3rd inst. as Sergt
Ordway informed me he should have done last evening had not the centinel
hailed him. we continued our rout untill late in the evening when I came
too and encamped on the South side about 10 miles below little dry river.
on our way we killed a fat cow and took as much of the flesh as was
necessary for us. The Feildses killed 2 large bear this evening one of
them measured nine feet from the extremity of the nose to that of his
tail, this is the largest bear except one that I have seen. we saw several
bear today as we passed but did not kill any of them. we also saw on our
way immence herds of buffaloe & Elk, many deer Antelopes, wolves,
geese Eagles &c. but few ducks or prarie hens. the geese cannot fly at
present; I saw a solitary Pillacon the other day in the same situation.
this happens from their sheding or casting the fathers of the wings at
this season.
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Tuesday, August 5th, 1806. Colter and Collins not having arrived caused me to remain this morning waiting for them. The hunters killed four deer this morning near our camp. I waited until noon, when I again set out by boat, concluding that since Colter and Collins had not arrived by that time, they must have passed us after dark on the night of the 3rd of this month, as Sergt. Ordway (Sergeant Ordway) informed me he would have done last evening had not the sentinel hailed him.
We continued our route until late in the evening, when I came to and camped on the south side about 10 miles below Little Dry River. On our way we killed a fat cow and took as much of the meat as we needed. The Feildses (Fields brothers) killed 2 large bears this evening; one of them measured nine feet from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail. This is the largest bear, except one, that I have seen. We saw several bears today as we passed but did not kill any of them.
We also saw on our way immense herds of buffalo and elk, many deer, antelopes, wolves, geese, eagles, etc., but few ducks or prairie hens. The geese cannot fly at present; I saw a solitary pelican the other day in the same condition. This happens because they shed or cast the feathers of their wings at this season.
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