Mandan villages, Charbonneau family stays — Patrick Gass: August 19, 1806

water so rough, that our small canoes could not safely ride
the waves: so we remained here and several of the men went
out to hunt. We do not go on so rapidly as we did higher
up the river; but having lashed our small canoes together, we
go on very safe and can make fifty or sixty miles a day. Cap-
tain Lewis is getting much better and we are all in good
spirits. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon the wind ceased, and
we proceeded on, and met with our hunters on the bank, who
had killed six elk and eleven deer. We took the meat on
board, proceeded on, and encamped on a sand-beach.
W ednesday 20th. We embarked early after a heavy gust of
wind and rain, and proceeded on very well. The forenoon
was cloudy, without rain; and in the afternoon the weather
became clear and pleasant. We went about seventy miles,
and encamped ; where we found the musquitoes very trouble-
some.