Lewis: May 18, 1805
Strong west winds on May 18, 1805 allowed the expedition to use their tow line for most of the day, making decent progress along a narrowing river with gentler current and fewer sandbars. Cottonwoods lined the banks while willows had largely vanished. Later, the hills widened and bottoms grew more timbered. They passed a dry creek on the starboard side around 3 p.m. and camped on the larboard side opposite a small island. Captain Clark killed four deer, including two mule deer, and the party spotted buffalo, elk, deer, and antelope.
Saturday May 18th 1805. The wind blew hard this morning from the West. we
were enabled to employ our toe line the greater part of the day and
therefore proceeded on tolerably well. there are now but few sandbars, the
river is narrow and current gentle. the timber consists of a few
cottonwood trees along the verge of the river; the willow has in a great
measure disappeared. in the latter part of the day the hills widened, the
bottoms became larger, and contained more timber. we passed a creek on the
Stard. side about three oclock, which afforded no water; came too and
encamped on the Lard. side opposite to the lower point of a small Island,
two miles short of the extremity of the last course of this day. Capt
Clark in the course of his walk this evening killed four deer, two of
which were the black tailed or mule deer; the skins are now good, they
have not yet produced their young.we saw a number of buffaloe, Elk,
deer and Antelopes.the saline substance frequently mentioned
continues to appear as usual.-
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Saturday, May 18th, 1805. The wind blew hard this morning from the west. We were able to use our tow line for the greater part of the day and therefore made fairly good progress. There are now only a few sandbars, the river is narrow, and the current is gentle. The timber consists of a few cottonwood trees along the edge of the river; the willow has largely disappeared. In the latter part of the day the hills widened, the bottoms became larger, and contained more timber. We passed a creek on the starboard side about three o'clock, which had no water in it; we came to and camped on the larboard side opposite the lower point of a small island, two miles short of the end of the last course of the day. Capt Clark (Capt. Clark), during his walk this evening, killed four deer, two of which were the black-tailed or mule deer; the skins are now good, as they have not yet produced their young. We saw a number of buffalo, elk, deer, and antelope. The saline substance frequently mentioned continues to appear as usual.
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