Marias River decision camp

Jun 4 Clark: June 4, 1805 William Clark “June 4th Tuesday 1805 Capt. Lewis & my Self each with a Small party of men Set out earlythose who accompanied Capt…” Jun 4 Lewis: June 4, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Tuesday June 4th 1805 This morning early Capt. C. departed, and at the same time I passed the wright hand fork opposite…” Jun 4 Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 4, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “Cap! Lewis & 6 men Set out to go up the Right hand fork. Cap! Clark & 5 more Set out to…” Jun 4 Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 4, 1805 Patrick Gass “North Branch, to see if they could find any certain marks to determine whether that was the Missouri or not; and Captain…” Jun 5 Clark: June 5, 1805 William Clark “June 5th Wednesday 1805 Some little rain & Snow last night the mountains to our S E. covered with Snow this morning…” Jun 5 Lewis: June 5, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Wednesday June 5th 1805. This morning was cloudy and so could that I was obleged to have recourse to a blanket coat…” Jun 5 Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 5, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “the wind blew high from the N.E. all last night. a cloudy cold windy morning. one beaver caught in a trap last…” Jun 5 Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 5, 1805 John Ordway “all last night a Cloudy Cold windy morning, one beaver caught last night, the men engaged Dressing Skins for to make them-…” Jun 5 Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 5, 1805 Patrick Gass “night, and the morning was cloudy. When preparing to set out we discovered three bears coming up the river towards us; we…” Jun 6 Clark: June 6, 1805 William Clark “June 6th Thursday 1805 a Cloudy Cold raw day wind hard from the N. E. we Set out early & traveled down…” Jun 6 Lewis: June 6, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Thursday June 6th 1805. I now became well convinced that this branch of the Missouri had it's direction too much to the…” Jun 6 Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 6, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “a cold cloudy morning. the wind blew cold from the N. E. Some of the men went from Camp a Short distance…” Jun 6 Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 6, 1805 Patrick Gass “killed some deer. About 1 o’clock we went on the plains again, which we kept on till we came to the point…” Jun 7 Clark: June 7, 1805 William Clark “June 7th Friday 1805 rained moderately all the last night and Continus this morning, the wind from the S. W, off the…” Jun 7 Lewis: June 7, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Friday June 7th 1805. It continued to rain almost without intermission last night and as I expected we had a most disagreable…” Jun 7 Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 7, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “rained the greater part of last night. a Cloudy wet morning. Some men went out to hunt, and killed 2 Deer, rained…” Jun 7 Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 7, 1805 Patrick Gass “did not return.” Jun 8 Clark: June 8, 1805 William Clark “June 8th Saturday 1805 rained moderately all the last night & Some this morning untill 10 oClock, I am Some what uneasy…” Jun 8 Lewis: June 8, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Saturday June 8th 1805 It continued to rain moderately all last night this morning was cloudy untill about ten oClock when it…” Jun 8 Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 8, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “OME cloudy. the wind blew cold from the S. W. Sev- S eral men went out to hunt. about g oC. cleared…” Jun 8 Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 8, 1805 John Ordway “from the N. W. Several men went out from camp to hunt, about 9 oClock A. M. cleared off pleasant, the Indian…” Jun 8 Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 8, 1805 Patrick Gass “A. M. the water of the South river, or branch, became almost of the colour of claret, and remained so all day.…” Jun 9 Clark: June 9, 1805 William Clark “June 9th Sunday a fair morning the wind hard from the S. W. the river during the night fell 1 Inch, we…” Jun 9 Lewis: June 9, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Sunday June 9th 1805. We determined to deposite at this place the large red perogue all the heavy baggage which we could…” Jun 9 Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 9, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “a clear pleasant morning. 2 men of the hunters went out & killed a verry fat buffalow. took Eight men to bring…” Jun 9 Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 9, 1805 John Ordway “the red perogue, & put out the Indian Goods &.C. to air. 2 of the hunters went out in the plains and…” Jun 9 Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 9, 1805 Patrick Gass “to leave the large periogue here and part of the stores and baggage, and some of the men were engaged in digging…” Jun 10 Clark: June 10, 1805 William Clark “June 10th Monday 1805 a fine day dry all our articles arrange our baggage burry Some Powder & lead in the point,…” Jun 10 Lewis: June 10, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Monday June 10th 1805. The day being fair and fine we dryed all our baggage and merchandize. Shields renewed the main Spring…” Jun 10 Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 10, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “a beautiful pleasant morning. the party employed Some makeing a towing line for the white perogue, others employed digging another hole So…” Jun 10 Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 10, 1805 John Ordway “men employed makeing a towing line for the white perogue. we burryed a canister of powder & Some led &.C. in the…” Jun 10 Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 10, 1805 Patrick Gass “in the mouth of Maria’s river, and covered it over with brush. We then began to examine and assort our effects to…” Jun 11 Clark: June 11, 1805 William Clark “June 11th Tuesday 1805 a fair morning wind from the S W. hard we burry 1 keg in the Cash & 2…” Jun 11 Lewis: June 11, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Tuesday June 11th 1805 This morning I felt much better, but somewhat weakened by my disorder. at 8 A.M. I swung my…” Jun 11 Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 11, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “a Clear pleasant morning. about 8 oClock Cap‘ Lewis, George Drewyer, G. Gibson, Jo. Fields & Silas Goodrich Set out for the…” Jun 11 Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 11, 1805 John Ordway “oClock Cap1 Lewis, George Drewyer G. Gibson Jo8 Fields & Silas Goodrich Set out for the Snowey So[u]th Mountains, we burryed on…” Jun 11 Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 11, 1805 Patrick Gass “set out this morning to go to the mountains, which we had discovered towards the west. The rest of the party were…” Jun 12 Clark: June 12, 1805 William Clark “June 12th 1805 Wednesday last night was Clear and Cold, this morning fair we Set out at 8 oClock & proceeded on…” Jun 12 Lewis: June 12, 1805 Meriwether Lewis “Wednesday June 12th 1805. This morning I felt myself quite revived, took another portion of my decoction and set out at sunrise.…” Jun 12 Marias River decision camp — Joseph Whitehouse: June 12, 1805 Joseph Whitehouse “a clear pleasant morning. we burryed 3 traps which was for- got yesterday, and Set out about 7 oClock from Camp or…” Jun 12 Marias River decision camp — John Ordway: June 12, 1805 John Ordway “ryed 3 traps which was forgot when we made the Deposite yes- terday, about 7 oClock we Set out from Camp on…” Jun 12 Marias River decision camp — Patrick Gass: June 12, 1805 Patrick Gass “in the mouth of Maria's river, and covered it over with brush. We then began to examine and assort our effects to…”

Jul 28 Lewis: July 28, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “July 28th 1806 Monday. The morning proved fair, I slept sound but fortunately awoke as day appeared, I awaked the men and…” Jul 28 Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — John Ordway: July 28, 1806 John Ordway “Howard killed two deer, we proceeded on as usal about 9 A. M. we discovred on a high bank a head Cap*…” Jul 28 Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: July 28, 1806 Patrick Gass “an early hour we proceeded down the river. In our way we killed six goats or antelopes and seven buffaloes; and about…”