Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — Patrick Gass: July 20, 1806
The party decided to remain in camp for the day to allow the men who had arrived with the canoes to rest after their fatiguing journey. Weather conditions were noted as very bad. In the evening, the group tested their horses in harness to see how they would perform pulling loads, and found that the animals drew the loads very well, a promising result for upcoming travel.
very bad. We concluded to stay here all day, as the men,
who had come with the canoes were fatigued; and in the
evening tried our horses in harness and found they would
draw very well.
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Very bad. We decided to stay here all day, as the men who had come with the canoes were fatigued; and in the evening we tried our horses in harness and found they would draw very well.
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