Lewis: August 9, 1806
Fair weather allowed the men to spend the day dressing skins and making clothes. Lewis sent the Field brothers across the river to look for Captain Clark near the mouth of the White Earth River and to hunt elk or buffalo, but they returned having seen no sign of Clark's party and no game on the plains. Colter and Collins still had not caught up, worrying Lewis. The pirogue remained too wet to repair, and lacking pitch, the party would have to substitute coal and tallow.
Saturday August 9th 1806. The day proved fair and favourable for our
purposes. the men were all engaged dressing skins and making themselves
cloathes except R & J. Fields whom I sent this morning over the river
with orders to proceed to the entrance of the White earth river in surch
of Capt. C. and to hunt and kill Elk or buffaloe should they find any
convenient to the river. in the evening these men returned and informed me
that they saw no appearance of Capt. Clark or party. they found no game
nor was there a buffaloe.to be seen in the plains as far as the eye could
reach. nothing remarkable took place in the course of the day. Colter and
Collins have not yet overtaken us I fear some missfortune has happened
them for their previous fidelity and orderly deportment induces me to
beleive that they would not thus intentionally delay. the Perogue is not
yet sufficiently dry for reparing. we have no pitch and will therefore be
compelled to use coal and tallow.
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Saturday August 9th 1806. The day proved fair and favorable for our purposes. The men were all engaged in dressing skins and making themselves clothes, except R. and J. Fields, whom I sent this morning over the river with orders to proceed to the entrance of the White Earth River in search of Capt. C. (Capt. Clark) and to hunt and kill elk or buffalo should they find any convenient to the river. In the evening these men returned and informed me that they saw no appearance of Capt. Clark or his party. They found no game, nor was there a buffalo to be seen in the plains as far as the eye could reach. Nothing remarkable took place in the course of the day.
Colter and Collins have not yet overtaken us. I fear some misfortune has happened to them, for their previous faithfulness and orderly conduct lead me to believe that they would not thus intentionally delay. The pirogue is not yet sufficiently dry for repairing. We have no pitch and will therefore be compelled to use coal and tallow.
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