Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
Recorded by William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, John Ordway, Patrick Gass
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The journal entries written here
June 1806
Jun 18
Clark: June 18, 1806
William Clark
“Wednesday June 18th 1806 This morning we had considerable dificuelty in collecting our horses they haveing Strageled of to a considerable distance…”
Jun 18
Lewis: June 18, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Wednesday June 18th 1806. This morning we had considerable difficulty in collecting our horses they having straggled off to a considerable distance…”
Jun 18
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — John Ordway: June 18, 1806
John Ordway
“Sent on a head to go to the villages of the pel-oll-pellow nation1 they took one of the short rifles in order…”
Jun 19
Clark: June 19, 1806
William Clark
“Thursday June 19th 1806 This morning early Collins Labeesh & Crusat turned out to hunt, and Gibson & Colter fixed two Indian…”
Jun 19
Lewis: June 19, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Thursday June 19th 1806. Our hunters were out very early this morning, they returned before noon with one deer only. the Fishermen…”
Jun 19
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — John Ordway: June 19, 1806
John Ordway
“out a hunting & 2 went at fishing with Indin gigs which Some of the party had with them but could see…”
Jun 19
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — Patrick Gass: June 19, 1806
Patrick Gass
“went out and we agreed to stay here all day that our horses might rest and feed. At 10 o’clock our hunters…”
Jun 20
Clark: June 20, 1806
William Clark
“Friday June 20th 1806 The hunters turned out early in different directions, our guiggers also turned out with 2 guigs a Bayonet…”
Jun 20
Lewis: June 20, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Friday June 20th 1806. Our hunters set out early this morning; most of them returned before noon. R. Feilds killed a brown…”
Jun 20
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — John Ordway: June 20, 1806
John Ordway
“out eairly a hunting, about 11 A. M. R. Fields came in had killed a Brown bear about a mile down this…”
Jun 20
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — Patrick Gass: June 20, 1806
Patrick Gass
“the salmon-trout; and some hunters went out. About 9 o’clock one of them returned and had killed a brown-bear. The musquitoes and…”
Jun 21
Clark: June 21, 1806
William Clark
“Saturday June 21st 1806 We collected our horses early and Set out on our return to the flatts. we all felt Some…”
Jun 21
Lewis: June 21, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Saturday June 21st 1806. We collected our horses early set out on our return to the flatts. we all felt some mortification…”
Jun 21
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — John Ordway: June 21, 1806
John Ordway
“all except 4 which we expect has gone back to the Commass ground we Set out on our return to the Commass…”
Jun 22
Clark: June 22, 1806
William Clark
“Sunday June 22nd 1806 This morning by light all hands who Could hunt were Sent out, the result of the days performance…”
Jun 22
Lewis: June 22, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Sunday June 22nd 1806. this morning by light all hands who could hunt were sent out; the result of this days perfomance…”
Jun 22
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — John Ordway: June 22, 1806
John Ordway
“turned out eairly this morning a hunting around this Commass flat, one man Set out to go over to the kooskooskee river…”
Jun 22
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — Patrick Gass: June 22, 1806
Patrick Gass
“went out early and the Indians remained with me at the camp. At noon the hunters came in, but had killed nothing…”
Jun 23
Clark: June 23, 1806
William Clark
“Monday June 23rd 1806 Apprehensive from Drewyer & Shannons delay that they had met with Some dif icuelty in precureing a guide,…”
Jun 23
Lewis: June 23, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Monday June 23rd 1806. Apprehensive from Drewyer's delay that he had met with some difficulty in procuring a guide, and also that…”
Jun 23
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — John Ordway: June 23, 1806
John Ordway
“of the hunters turned out again a hunting and killed two deer in the afternoon Drewyer Shannon & Whitehouse returned with the…”
Jun 23
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — Patrick Gass: June 23, 1806
Patrick Gass
“went out to hunt. While they were out the two Indians went on. About 10 o’clock the hunters came in without having…”
Analyses set at this place
June 18, 1806 Potts’s Wound and a Rifle for a Guide: Retreat from the Bitterroots
June 19, 1806 A Day of Waiting at Weippe: Four Pens on Hunger, Fish, and Lost Horses
June 20, 1806 Four Pens, One Bear: Diverging Registers at the Weippe Camp
June 21, 1806 Retracing Steps to the Quamash Flats: Mortification and Unexpected Aid
June 22, 1806 Eight Deer, Three Bear, and a Pocketful of Beads at Weippe Prairie
June 23, 1806 Securing Guides at Weippe: Four Voices on a Pivotal Decision