Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — Patrick Gass: July 9, 1806
The party set out down the river but were soon forced to halt at some old Indian lodges to take shelter from rain. After an hour they pushed on, only to be caught in another cold downpour, unusual for the season. At noon they caught up with their hunters, who had killed a large buffalo. The group stopped to dress the animal and bring in the best meat, which proved very good. With rain continuing through the afternoon, they made camp and stayed put for the rest of the day.
go down the river; but had not proceeded far until it began
to rain, and we halted at some old Indian lodges, where we
took shelter. In an hour’s time the rain slackened, and we
proceeded on; but had not gone far before it began to rain
again, and the weather was very cold for the season. At noon
we came up with our hunters, who had killed a large buffaloe;
so we halted and some of us went and dressed it, and brought
in the best of the meat which was very good. We encamped
here and lay by during the afternoon as the rain continued
during the whole of it.
Read this entry in modern English AI-translated
We went down the river, but had not gone far before it began to rain, and we halted at some old Indian lodges, where we took shelter. In an hour's time the rain slackened, and we proceeded on; but had not gone far before it began to rain again, and the weather was very cold for the season. At noon we caught up with our hunters, who had killed a large buffalo; so we halted and some of us went and dressed it, and brought in the best of the meat, which was very good. We camped here and lay by during the afternoon, as the rain continued through the whole of it.
This modernization is AI-generated for accessibility. The original above is the authoritative version.
Entities mentioned in this entry
Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.
