Lewis: June 24, 1806
The party gathered their horses and departed with three Native guides. Colter rejoined them after killing a bear too lean and distant to retrieve. At Collins's Creek they stopped for midday rest and found Frazier alone, the others having gone after two Indian men who had left earlier. Continuing on to Fish Creek, they reunited with Sergeant Gass, Wiser, and two Indians who had been persuaded to wait. The Field brothers had killed only a small deer and shared it with the Indians, leaving no provisions. The horses had good grass that evening.
Tuesday June 24th 1806. We collected our horses early this morning and set
out accompanyed by our three guides. Colter joined us this morning having
killed a bear, which from his discription of it’s poverty and distance we
did not think proper to send after. we nooned it as usual at Collins’s
Creek where we found Frazier, solus; the other four men having gone in
pursuit of the two indian men who had set out from Collins’s Creek two
hours before Frazier and Wizer arrived. after dinner we continued our rout
to Fish Creek a branch of Collins’s Creek where we had lain on the 19th
& 20th inst. here we found Sergt. Gass Wiser and the two indians whom
they had prevailed on to remain at that place untill our arrival; R. &
J. Feilds had only killed one small deer only while they lay at Collins’s
Creek and of this they had been liberal to the indians insomuch that they
had no provision; they had gone on to the branch of hungary Creek at which
we shall noon it tomorrow in order to hunt. we had fine grass for our
horses this evening.
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Tuesday June 24th 1806. We gathered our horses early this morning and set out, accompanied by our three guides. Colter joined us this morning, having killed a bear, but from his description of how thin it was and how far away it lay, we did not think it worthwhile to send for it. We stopped at noon, as usual, at Collins's Creek, where we found Frazier alone; the other four men had gone in pursuit of the two Indian men who had set out from Collins's Creek two hours before Frazier and Wiser arrived.
After dinner we continued our route to Fish Creek, a branch of Collins's Creek, where we had stayed on the 19th and 20th of this month. Here we found Sergeant Gass, Wiser, and the two Indians whom they had persuaded to remain at that place until our arrival. R. and J. Fields had killed only one small deer while they stayed at Collins's Creek, and they had shared so generously of it with the Indians that they had no provisions left. They had gone on to the branch of Hungry Creek, where we will stop for noon tomorrow, in order to hunt. We had fine grass for our horses this evening.
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