Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — Patrick Gass: July 22, 1806
Members of the party scattered to search for missing horses, and two men soon located them. The horses were harnessed to the wagons, and the group moved about four miles before an axletree broke, forcing a return to the river for repairs. Gass and another man did not get back until after dark, reaching the spot on the plains where the canoes had been hauled. A heavy thunderstorm with lightning and rain struck, and the group camped there for the night.
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in various directions to look for the horses, and in a short
time two of the men found them; harnessed them in the
waggons and moved on about four miles, when one of the
axletrees broke; and they returned to the river to mend it.
Myself and one of the men did not return till dark, and then
came to the place where the canoes were upon the plains, with
some of the men. Here a heavy shower of rain came on with
thunder and lightning; and we remained at this place all
night.
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in various directions to look for the horses, and in a short time two of the men found them; harnessed them to the wagons and moved on about four miles, when one of the axletrees broke; and they returned to the river to mend it. Myself and one of the men did not return till dark, and then came to the place where the canoes were upon the plains, with some of the men. Here a heavy shower of rain came on with thunder and lightning; and we remained at this place all night.
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