. A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery under the command of Captain Lewis and Captain Clarke of the army of the United States [microform] : from the mouth of the river Missouri through the interior parts of North America, to the Pacific Ocean during the years 1804, 1805, & 1806 ... and an account of its inhabitants, soil, climate, curiosities and vegetable and animal productions. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 60. â jl Hii i^< deer and an elk; and two more went out from camp, and killed another deer and an elk, both young. Thursday 6th.âWe set out early, a
. A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery under the command of Captain Lewis and Captain Clarke of the army of the United States [microform] : from the mouth of the river Missouri through the interior parts of North America, to the Pacific Ocean during the years 1804, 1805, & 1806 ... and an account of its inhabitants, soil, climate, curiosities and vegetable and animal productions. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. 60. â jl Hii i^< deer and an elk; and two more went out from camp, and killed another deer and an elk, both young. Thursday 6th.âWe set out early, and had a cloudy morning: passed a handsome bottom prai- rie on the north side; at the upper end of which is a grove of cotton wood, and a loug range of dark-coloured blufts on the south side. About 9 o'clock it began to rain, and we had strong wind a-head. Ihere are a great number of sand- bars, and we had much difficulty in getting along. W'e encamped on the north side, and oue of our men killed two deer. Friday 7th.âWe set sail early, and had a clear day: passed higli prairie land on both sides; but there is some cotton wood on the low points in the bottoms. On the south side we found a scatfold of meat, neatly dried. This had been left by one of our men, who had gone out on the 26th of last month to hunt for the horses, and, supposing we had got a distance a-head, proceeded up the river several days jour- ney, before he discovered his error. Captain Lewis and Captain Clarke, with some of the men, went to view a round knob of a hill in a prairie ; and on their return killed a prairie dog, in size about that of the smallest species of I domestic dogs. Having understood that the village of those. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gass, Patrick, 1771-1870. Pittsburgh : Printed for David M'Kee
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