Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 8, 1806
The morning began with a white frost as the party set out early, soon passing one of Captain Clark's former campsites. At nine o'clock they stopped to repair the pirogue and dress skins for making clothing. Mosquitoes proved especially troublesome here, worse than anywhere since leaving the Missouri falls. A hunting party went out and brought back elk and deer, while the remaining men stayed busy preparing deer and antelope hides for use as garments.
white frost; proceeded on early and ina short time past one
of Captain Clarke’s camps. At nine o’clock we halted to re-
pair the periogue, and to dress some skins to make ourselves
clothing. The musquitoes are more troublesome here than
at any place since we left the falls of the Missouri. A party
of men went out to hunt and killed some elk and deer; the
rest were employed in dressing deer and cabre skins.
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White frost; proceeded on early and in a short time passed one of Captain Clarke's (Captain Clark's) camps. At nine o'clock we halted to repair the pirogue, and to dress some skins to make ourselves clothing. The mosquitoes are more troublesome here than at any place since we left the falls of the Missouri. A party of men went out to hunt and killed some elk and deer; the rest were employed in dressing deer and cabre (antelope) skins.
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