Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 27, 1805

remaining canoe and baggage. The sick man is become bet-
ter. This morning some elk came close to camp and we killed
two of them. In the afternoon a dreadful hail storm came on,
which lasted half an hour. Some of the lumps of ice that fell
weighed 3 ounces, and measured 7 inches in circumference.
The ground was covered with them, as white as snow. It
kept cloudy during the evening and some rain fell. At night
the two hunters that went up the river returned. They had
killed while out 9 elk and 3 bears.