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Journal entry · May 19, 1805
Meriwether Lewis: May 19, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Near Musselshell River, Montana · Thwaites Vol. 4, pp. 165-166
The place today: Near Musselshell River, Montana
one of the party wounded a beaver, and my dog as usual swam in to catch it; the beaver bit him through the hind leg and cut the artery; it was with great difficulty that I could stop the blood; I fear it will yet prove fatal to him.
Source: Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1904–05). Public domain.
The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 4½ mi NE of mouth of Musselshell River, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 16.3 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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