Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 12, 1805
At the mouth of Maria's River, the party concealed a cache with brush and began sorting through their supplies to decide what could be left behind. Around two o'clock, heavy rain and wind forced them to stop the work, though the storm lasted only about an hour. In the evening they finished loading the remaining craft and set aside roughly one thousand pounds of stores and baggage to be buried, including corn, pork, flour, powder, lead, and other items.
in the mouth of Maria’s river, and covered it over with brush.
We then began to examine and assort our effects to see what
would be the least wanted and most proper to leave ; but
about two it began to rain and blow so hard, we were obliged
to desist. The rain continued only an hour, and in the even-
ing we loaded the rest of the craft, and left the remainder of
our stores and baggage to be buried, consisting of corn, pork,
flour, some powder and lead, and other articles amounting to
about one thousand pounds weight.
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at the mouth of Maria's river, and covered it over with brush. We then began to examine and sort our belongings to see what would be the least needed and most suitable to leave behind; but about two o'clock it began to rain and blow so hard that we were forced to stop. The rain continued only an hour, and in the evening we loaded the rest of the craft, and left the remainder of our stores and baggage to be buried, consisting of corn, pork, flour, some powder and lead, and other articles amounting to about one thousand pounds in weight.
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