Patrick Gass: May 29, 1805
The expedition set out in the morning, passing two rivers, one on each side. Around noon clouds gathered and rain began, continuing lightly through the afternoon. The party traveled about eighteen miles before stopping at a pleasant grove of timber on the south side, where hunters killed an elk. The previous night, a swimming buffalo had climbed over one of the pirogues, broken two guns, and run through sleeping men without injuring anyone. Along the way, they passed a site where Indians had driven over a hundred buffalo off a precipice.
morning; passed two rivers, one on each side. At 12 it
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became cloudy and began to rain. We went about eighteen
miles and halted at a handsome grove of timber on the South
side. It rained a little all the afternoon. Some of the men
went out to hunt and killed an elk. Last night about 12
o’clock a buffaloe swimming the river happened to land at
one of the periogues, crossed over it and broke two guns,
but not so as to render them useless. He then went straight
on through the men where they were sleeping, but hurt none
of them. As we came along to-day we passed a place where
the Indians had driven above an hundred head of buffaloe
down a precipice and killed them.
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In the morning, we passed two rivers, one on each side. At 12 it became cloudy and began to rain. We went about eighteen miles and halted at a handsome grove of timber on the south side. It rained a little all afternoon. Some of the men went out to hunt and killed an elk.
Last night about 12 o'clock, a buffalo swimming the river happened to land at one of the pirogues, crossed over it, and broke two guns, but not so badly as to render them useless. He then went straight on through the men where they were sleeping, but hurt none of them.
As we came along today, we passed a place where the Indians had driven above a hundred head of buffalo down a precipice and killed them.
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