Journal entry · July 22, 1806
Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone — Patrick Gass: July 22, 1806
Patrick Gass · Great Falls Portage · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Great Falls Portage
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION — 263
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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