Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 1, 1806
On a damp, disagreeable morning, the party spotted and killed a large grizzly bear swimming in the river, hauling it aboard. They passed the mouth of Mussel Shell River and stopped at noon at some old Indian lodges to dine. Worried that the wet weather would spoil the bighorn sheep skins he had collected, Captain Lewis decided to halt for the afternoon and dry them by a fire inside the lodges. Hunters went out and brought back several deer, and another bear wandered close enough to camp to be shot from the fireside. Cloudy with rain in the evening.
disagreeable morning, and in a short time saw a large brown
or grizly bear swimming in the river, which we killed, and
took on board; passed the mouth of Muscle shoal river; and
at noon halted to dine at some old Indian lodges. Captain
Lewis being afraid, from the dampness of the weather, that
the skins he had procured of these big-horned animals would
spoil, thought it adviseable to stay here this afternoon and
dry them by a fire in these old lodges: and some of the men
went out to hunt. About an hour after we landed here, a large
bear came so close to our camp, that one of the men shot and
killed it from our fire. In the evening our hunters came in
and had killed several deer. The afternoon was cloudy with
some rain; and having made a fire and put the skins to dry
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with two men to attend them, made our arrangements for the
night.
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It was a disagreeable morning, and in a short time we saw a large brown or grizzly bear swimming in the river, which we killed and took on board. We passed the mouth of Muscle Shoal River, and at noon halted to dine at some old Indian lodges. Captain Lewis, being afraid that the dampness of the weather would spoil the skins he had obtained from these bighorn animals, thought it advisable to stay here this afternoon and dry them by a fire in these old lodges; and some of the men went out to hunt. About an hour after we landed here, a large bear came so close to our camp that one of the men shot and killed it from our fire. In the evening our hunters came in, having killed several deer. The afternoon was cloudy with some rain; and having made a fire and put the skins to dry, with two men to attend them, we made our arrangements for the night.
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