Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow

32 journal entries · June 10, 1806 – June 17, 1806 · 8 analyses

Recorded by William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, John Ordway, Patrick Gass

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June 1806

Clark: June 10, 1806 William Clark “Tuesday June 10th 1806. rose early this morning and had all the horses Collected except one of Whitehouses horses which could not…” Lewis: June 10, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Tuesday June 10th 1806. This morning we arrose early and had our horses collected except one of Cruzatt's and one of Whitehouse's,…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 10, 1806 John Ordway “our horses found all except 2. about 10 A. M. we Set out and proced on ascended a high hill then decended…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 10, 1806 Patrick Gass “set out accompanied by several of the natives, travelled about twelve miles and arrived at what we call the Com-mas flat, where…” Clark: June 11, 1806 William Clark “Wednesday June 11th 1806 All of our hunters were out by daylight this Morning. Labeech and Shann was the only Suckcessull hunters,…” Lewis: June 11, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Wednesday June 11th 1806. All our hunters were out this morning by daylight; Labuish and Gibson only proved successfull, the former killed…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 11, 1806 John Ordway “that could hunt turned out at day light a hunting, about noon all returned to Camp. Gibson had killed one fine large…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 11, 1806 Patrick Gass “frost. Several of the men turned out to hunt; and returned at noon, having killed a bear and two deer. In this…” Clark: June 12, 1806 William Clark “Thursday June 12th 1806. All our hunters except Gibson returned about noon; none of them had killed any thing except Shields who…” Lewis: June 12, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Thursday June 12th 1806. All our hunters except Gibson returned about noon; none of them had killed anything except Sheilds who brought…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 12, 1806 John Ordway “more hunters went out eairly to hunt, about 10 oClock Some of them came in Shields had killed two fine bucks and…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 12, 1806 Patrick Gass “dew. I went out with some of the party to hunt; about 8 o’clock the musquitoes became very troublesome; and at 10…” Clark: June 13, 1806 William Clark “Friday June 13th 1806. Ordered Rubin Fields and Willard to proceed on to a Small prarie in the Mountains about 8 miles…” Lewis: June 13, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Friday June 13th 1806. Reubin Feilds and Willard were ordered to proceed on our road to a small prarie 8 miles distant…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 13, 1806 John Ordway “eairly from Camp a hunting about noon R. Fields and willard set out to go on about 10 miles a head and…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 13, 1806 Patrick Gass “two went out. The Indian exchanged horses with one of our men, whose horse had not recovered, and was unable to cross…” Clark: June 14, 1806 William Clark “Saturday June 14th 1806 Sent out Hunters this morning Colter killed a deer and brought it in by 10 A M Drewyer…” Lewis: June 14, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Saturday June 14th 1806. Sent our hunters out early this morning. Colter killed a deer and brought it in by 10 A.M.…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 14, 1806 John Ordway “out eairly about 10 oClock Colter came in had killed a deer and found eight ducks eggs, the day verry warm.” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 14, 1806 Patrick Gass “again went out; at 10 o'clock one came in with a deer; and in the evening the rest of them, but they…” Clark: June 15, 1806 William Clark “Sunday June 15th 1806 Collected our horses early with the intention of makeing an early Start. Some hard Showers of rain detained…” Lewis: June 15, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Sunday June 15th 1806. We had some little difficulty in collecting our horses this morning they had straggled off to a greater…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 15, 1806 John Ordway “this flat for our horses. Soon Set in to raining hard, we got up all our horses took breakfast & packed up…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 15, 1806 Patrick Gass “thunder. We left Com-mas flat to attempt to cross the moun- tains; and had sixty-six horses, all very good. We ascended a…” Clark: June 16, 1806 William Clark “Monday June 16th 1806 Collected our horses early and Set Out 7 A M proceeded on up the Creek through a gladey…” Lewis: June 16, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Monday June 16th 1806. We collected our horses very readily this morning, took breakfast and set out at 6 A.M.; proceeded up…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 16, 1806 John Ordway “a short distance to hunt we took an eairly breakfast the morn- ing fair, we set out proced on overtook the hunters…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 16, 1806 Patrick Gass “our journey; went up a handsome creek about three miles, and then took to the hills which are very rough with a…” Clark: June 17, 1806 William Clark “Tuesday June 17th 1806 We Collected our horses and Set out early; we proceeded down hungary Creek about 7 miles passing it…” Lewis: June 17, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Tuesday June 17th 1806. we collected our horses and set out early; we proceeded down hungry creek about seven miles passing it…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 17, 1806 John Ordway “chilley and cloudy, we proceeded on down sd Creek about 6 miles then took up a high mountain, when we got about…” Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 17, 1806 Patrick Gass “rain. We early continued our march; took down Hungry creek about six miles, and then took up a large mountain. When we…”

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