Journal entry · August 8, 1806
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 8, 1806
Patrick Gass · Yellowstone-Missouri confluence · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
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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