Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — Patrick Gass: July 19, 1806
The men spent the day dressing skins in preparation for crossing the portage once the canoes arrived. Mosquitoes were bothersome. At 3 p.m., a sergeant and nine men reached camp with canoes and baggage, reporting a smooth crossing of the mountains to the Missouri and noting a boiling-hot spring on the headwaters of Wisdom River that could cook meat in 25 minutes. They had reached the canoe deposit on the 8th with everything intact. Captain Clark and ten men, plus the interpreter, had split off up the Gallatin River to reach the Yellowstone. The canoes were hauled out to dry that evening.
of the men are employed in dressing skins, as we have got all
ready for crossing the portage as soon as the canoes arrive.
The musquitoes were very troublesome to day. At 3 o’clock
in the afternoon a sergeant and nine men arrived at our camp
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with the canoes and some baggage. They informed me that
they had a good passage over the mountains to the Missouri;
and on their way saw a boiling-hot spring, which in twenty-
five minutes would boil meat put into it quite well and fit for
eating. This spring is on the head waters of Wisdom river.
They had got to the canoe-deposit on the 8th instant and
found every thing safe: the whole party then came down to
the forks at the mouth of Jefferson river; where Capt. Clarke
with ten men and the interpreter left them and went up Gal-
latin’s river in order to cross over to the Jaune or Yellow-
stone river. They had plenty of provisions all the way. In
the evening they hauled the canoes out to dry.
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Some of the men are employed in dressing skins, as we have everything ready for crossing the portage as soon as the canoes arrive. The mosquitoes were very troublesome today. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon a sergeant and nine men arrived at our camp with the canoes and some baggage.
They informed me that they had a good passage over the mountains to the Missouri; and on their way they saw a boiling-hot spring, which in twenty-five minutes would boil meat placed into it quite well and fit for eating. This spring is on the head waters of Wisdom river.
They had reached the canoe-deposit on the 8th of this month and found everything safe. The whole party then came down to the forks at the mouth of Jefferson river, where Capt. Clarke (Capt. Clark) with ten men and the interpreter left them and went up Gallatin's river in order to cross over to the Jaune or Yellowstone river. They had plenty of provisions all the way. In the evening they hauled the canoes out to dry.
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