Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon

Aug 6 Clark: August 6, 1805 William Clark “August 6th Tuesday 1805 a Clear morning Cool wind from the S W we proceeded on with much dificuelty and fatigue over…” Aug 6 Lewis: August 6, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Tuesday August 6th 1805. We set out this morning very early on our return to the forks. having nothing to eat I…” Aug 6 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 6, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “a clear morning. we Set out as usal, and proceeded on hall- ing the canoes up the rapids. the bottoms low and…” Aug 6 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 6, 1805 John Ordway “usal, and proceeded on hailing the canoes over the rapids, the bottoms low and covred with small timber, about 8 oClock we…” Aug 6 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 6, 1805 Patrick Gass “see if the canoes had come up that far, and came upon the north branch about 2 miles above it. Here we…” Aug 7 Clark: August 7, 1805 William Clark “August 7th Wednesday 1805 a fine morning put out our Stores &c. to dry & took equal altitudes with the Sextant,as our…” Aug 7 Lewis: August 7, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Wednesday August 7th 1805. The morning being fair we spread our stores to dry at an early hour. Dispatched Reubin Fields in…” Aug 7 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 7, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “a clear cool morning. one man out to hunt. we unloaded one of the Small canoes and halled it out in a…” Aug 7 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 7, 1805 Patrick Gass “which was fair and clear, and where Capt. Lewis took a meri- dian altitude, which made the latitude of this place 4§…” Aug 7 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 7, 1805 John Ordway “one of the Small canoes and hailed it out in the bushes in a grove of cotton timber on L. Side of…” Aug 8 Clark: August 8, 1805 William Clark “August 8th Thursday 1805 We proceeded on early wind from the S W. The Thermometer at 52 a 0 at Sunrise at…” Aug 8 Lewis: August 8, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Thursday August 8th 1805. We had a heavy dew this morning. as one canoe had been left we had now more hads…” Aug 8 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 8, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “a clear cold morning. 4 hunters Sent out eairly to hunt. we Set out at Sunrise, and proceeded on passed beautiful Smooth…” Aug 8 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 8, 1805 John Ordway “diew. 4 hunters sent out at light, we Set out at Sun rise and proceeded on. passed beautiful praries on each side,…” Aug 8 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 8, 1805 Patrick Gass “morning. The west branch which we went up is about 30 yards wide, and the south, which we passed, about 15 yards.…” Aug 9 Clark: August 9, 1805 William Clark “August 9th Friday 1805 a fine morning wind from the N. E we proceeded on verry well rapid places more noumerous than…” Aug 9 Lewis: August 9, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Friday August 9th 1805. The morning was fair and fine; we set out at an early hour and proceeded on very well.…” Aug 9 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 9, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “a clear cool morning. Several hunters out on Shore we Set out as usal and proceeded on the wind high from the…” Aug 9 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 9, 1805 John Ordway “out eairly. we Set out at Sun rise and proceeded on. the wind high from S. E. took on board a deer…” Aug 9 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 9, 1805 Patrick Gass “with some dew; proceeded on till g o’clock when we halted for breakfast. Here one of the hunters came to us who…” Aug 10 Clark: August 10, 1805 William Clark “August 10th Satturday 1805 Some rain this morning at Sun rise and Cloudy we proceeded on passed a remarkable Clift point on…” Aug 10 Lewis: August 10, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Saturday August 10th 1805. We set out very early this morning and continued our rout through the wide bottom on the Lard.…” Aug 10 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 10, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “a clear pleasant morning. we Set out as usal. Several hunters out on Shore. we now begin to live on fresh meat…” Aug 10 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 10, 1805 Patrick Gass “proceeded on through the valley, until breakfast time, when we came to a place where the river passes through a mountain. This…” Aug 10 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 10, 1805 John Ordway “out as usal. Several men out hunting, we have now to live on poor venison & goat or antelopes which goes hard…” Aug 11 Clark: August 11, 1805 William Clark “August 11th Sunday 1805. a Shower of rain this morning at Sun rise, Cloudy all the morning wind from the S W…” Aug 11 Lewis: August 11, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Sunday August 11th 1805. We set out very early this morning; but the track which we had pursued last evening soon disappeared.…” Aug 11 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 11, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “ad COOL cloudy morning Some rain we Set out after breakfast and proceeded on 3 men out a hunting. about 3 miles…” Aug 11 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — John Ordway: August 11, 1805 John Ordway “out hunting, we Set out after breakfast and proceeded on about 3 miles come to a large prarie Island which [is] Three…” Aug 11 Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Patrick Gass: August 11, 1805 Patrick Gass “set out until after breakfast. Three hunters were sent out and we proceeded on about 3 miles, when we came to a…”

Jul 9 Clark: July 9, 1806 William Clark “Wednesday 9th July 1806 rose early had the horses brought up. after which I had the Canoes raised washed, brough down and…” Jul 9 Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — John Ordway: July 9, 1806 John Ordway “went on at light a head to hunt I and the other man took on the the horses about 4 miles overtook…”