Missouri River near White River — Patrick Gass: September 11, 1804
The expedition traveled past a timbered island with hills and prairie on both sides of the river, encountering rain around 1 o'clock. They spotted a rider approaching and discovered it was the man who had been driving their horses ahead; he had been missing for 16 days, lost one horse that gave out, and survived nearly 12 days on grapes after running out of bullets. They pushed on through heavy rain and camped on the south side. Captain Clark and hunters brought in two elk, four deer, and a porcupine.
wind; passed an island covered with timber, and high hills
and prairie on both sides of the river. At 1 o’clock it began
to rain. We saw some person coming down the river on
horseback, when we came to land and found it was the man
who had preceded us with the horses. He had left one of
the horses that had failed. We now had only one horse left.
This man had been absent 16 days, and his bullets being ex-
pended, he subsisted 12 days almost wholly on grapes. The
hills here come close to the river on both sides. One of the
men went by land with the horse, and we continued our voy-
age until night, though it rained very hard; and encamped on
the south side. Captain Clarke with two or three of the men
who had gone out to hunt, killed two elk, four deer and one
porcupine.
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Wind; passed an island covered with timber, and high hills and prairie on both sides of the river. At 1 o'clock it began to rain. We saw some person coming down the river on horseback, when we came to land and found it was the man who had preceded us with the horses. He had left one of the horses that had failed. We now had only one horse left. This man had been absent 16 days, and his bullets being used up, he subsisted 12 days almost wholly on grapes. The hills here come close to the river on both sides. One of the men went by land with the horse, and we continued our voyage until night, though it rained very hard; and camped on the south side. Captain Clarke (Captain Clark) with two or three of the men who had gone out to hunt, killed two elk, four deer and one porcupine.
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