Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 1, 1805
Captain Clark and his men arrived at camp with most of the baggage, leaving some supplies six miles behind. The hailstorm from June 27th had injured several men badly. While Captain Clark, the interpreter, Sacagawea, and her child were visiting the spring at the falls, the storm forced them to take shelter under a bank at the mouth of a run. Floodwaters rose seven feet in just five minutes, nearly sweeping them away. They lost a gun, an umbrella, and a surveyor's compass, but narrowly escaped with their lives.
tain Clarke and the men came with all the baggage except
some they had left six miles back. The hail that fell on the
27th hurt some of the men very badly. Captain Clarke, the
interpreter, and the squaw and child, had gone to see the
spring at the falls; and when the storm began, they took
shelter under a bank at the mouth of a run; but in five min-
utes there was seven feet water in the run; and they were very
near being swept away. They lost a gun, an umbrella and a
Surveyor’s compass, and barely escaped with their lives.
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Captain Clarke (Captain Clark) and the men arrived with all the baggage except some they had left six miles back. The hail that fell on the 27th hurt some of the men very badly. Captain Clarke, the interpreter, and the squaw and child had gone to see the spring at the falls; and when the storm began, they took shelter under a bank at the mouth of a run; but in five minutes there were seven feet of water in the run, and they were very nearly swept away. They lost a gun, an umbrella, and a surveyor's compass, and barely escaped with their lives.
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