Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 5, 1806
Around midnight, a small canoe left behind the previous day drifted down with the current and was hailed by the sentinel; its hunters had killed a bear and two deer. The cloudy morning kept the party halted until noon while waiting for another canoe, which they eventually concluded had already passed in the night. After setting out under clearing skies, hunters killed a fat buffalo, several deer, and two large brown bears. They encamped at sunset, and a violent thunderstorm struck at dark, lasting about an hour before the night cleared.
heard at a distance. About midnight the small canoe we
left yesterday came floating down with the current, and would
have passed us if our centinel had not hailed it: the hunters
in it killed a bear and two deer. This morning was also
cloudy, and we halted here till noon in expectation that the
other canoe would come down; but there was then no ap-
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pearance of it; and we began to suspect it had passed in the
night. The forenoon had become clear and pleasant, and at
noon we got under way. As we went on we killed a very fat
buffaloe and some deer; and two hunters who went on ahead
in the morning killed two very large brown bears. At sunset
we encamped and at dark a violent gust of wind and rain
came on with thunder and lightning, which lasted about an
hour; after which we had a fine clear night.
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heard in the distance. About midnight the small canoe we left yesterday came floating down with the current, and would have passed us if our sentinel had not hailed it: the hunters in it killed a bear and two deer. This morning was also cloudy, and we halted here until noon expecting that the other canoe would come down; but there was no sign of it by then, and we began to suspect it had passed in the night.
The forenoon turned clear and pleasant, and at noon we got under way. As we went on, we killed a very fat buffalo and some deer; and two hunters who went on ahead in the morning killed two very large brown bears. At sunset we camped, and at dark a violent gust of wind and rain came on with thunder and lightning, which lasted about an hour; after which we had a fine clear night.
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