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1805]
YELLOWSTONE TO  
MUSSELSHELL
S.W. we proceeded on verry well untill
about 6 oClock a
squawl of wind Struck our Sale broad
side and turned the
perogue nearly over, and in this
Situation the Perogue re-
mained untill the Sale was cut
down in which time she nearly
filed with water. the
articles which floated out was nearly all
caught by the
Squar who was in the rear. This accident had
like to have
cost us deerly; for in this perogue were embarked
our
papers, Instruments, books, medicine, a great
proportion
of our merchandize, and in short almost every
article indis-
pensibly necessary to further the views,
an insure the success
of the enterprize in which, we are
now launched to the distance
of 2,200 miles. it happened
unfortunately that Cap, Lewis
and myself were both on
shore at the time of this occurrence,
a circumstance
which seldom took place; and tho' we were on
the shore
opposit to the perogue were too far distant to be
heard
or do more than remain spectators of her fate; we
dis-
charged our guns with the hope of attracting the
attention of
the crew and ordered the sail to be taken in
but such was their
consternation and confusion at the
instant that they did not
hear us. when however they at
length took in the sail and
the perogue wrighted; the
boatman Cruzatte by repeated
threats so far brought
Charbono the stersman to his recollec-
tion that he did
his duty while two hands bailed the perogue
and Cruzatte
and two others rowed her on shore were she
arrived
scarcely above the water. we owe the preservation of
the
perogue to the resolution and fortitude of Cruzatte.1
the
countrey like that of yesterday, passed a Small
Island
and the enterence of 3 large Creeks, one on the
Stard & the
other 2 on the Lard Side, nether of them had
any running
water at this time. Six good hunters of the
party fired at a
Brown or Yellow Bear several times
before they killed him, &
indeed he had like to have
defeated the whole party, he pur-
sued them seperately as
they fired on him, and was near catch-
ing several of
them one he pursued into the river, this bear
was large &
fat would way about 500oob; I killed a Buffalow,
& Cap'
Lewis a Calf & a wolf this evening
1 All after the
word ""c deerly,"" to this point, is in Lewis's handwriting.
- ED.
[37]
Object Description
| Document Number | AJ-100b |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-100b/ |
| Document Title | Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |
| Author | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809; Clark, William, 1770-1838 |
| Contributor | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 (editor) |
| Document Source | Thwaites, Reuben Gold (editor). Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of Its Committee on Historical Documents, Together with Manuscript Material of Lewis and Clark from Other Sources, including Note-Books, Letters, Maps, etc., and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse, Now for the First Time Published in Full and Exactly as Written. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904). Volume 2. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-100b/print/ |
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| Notes | All of the portraits of Indians, scenes of Indian life, and most of the views of Western scenery are engravings based on original watercolor paintings by Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), and first published in Maximilian Prince of Wied's travel narrative, Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832-1834 (Coblenz: J. Hölscher, 1839-1841). |
| Genre | journal |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Great Plains & Rocky Mountains |
| State / Province | Montana; Idaho |
| Event Date | 1805 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |
| Ethnicity | American; Indian |
| Indian Tribe | Assiniboin; Minetares; Shoshoni; Snake; Blackfoot; Piegan; Nez Percé; |
| Key Persons & Places | Sacajawea; Rocky Mountains; Great Divide; Great Falls; Missouri River; |
| Encounters | sighting; contact / meeting; |
| Social Relations | Indian-white relations; communication; family & kinship; women’s roles; |
| Life Stages | courtship & marriage |
| Daily Life | customs; clothing; housing & furnishings; food & water; health & illness; tools & implements; worklife; alcohol & tobacco; jewelry & adornment; recreation; |
| Politics | intertribal relations; |
| Economics | hunting; labor; trade & barter; |
| Science & Technology | geology; navigation; cartography; geography; |
| Topography | mountains; rivers; soil; rocks; prairies; mineral deposits; |
| Climate | floods; winds; storms; rain; fires; |
| Plants | fruits; shrubs; grasses; trees; |
| Animals | mammals; birds; fish & marine life |
| Digital Format | xml |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-100b |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/. |
Description
| Document Number | AJ-100b |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-100b/ |
| Document Title | Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |
| Author | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809; Clark, William, 1770-1838 |
| Contributor | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 (editor) |
| Document Page | 37 |
| Document Source | Thwaites, Reuben Gold (editor). Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of Its Committee on Historical Documents, Together with Manuscript Material of Lewis and Clark from Other Sources, including Note-Books, Letters, Maps, etc., and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse, Now for the First Time Published in Full and Exactly as Written. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1904). Volume 2. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-100b/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-100b/summary/ |
| Genre | journal |
| Page Type | text |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Great Plains & Rocky Mountains; |
| State / Province | Montana; |
| Event Date | May 1805 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |
| Climate | storms; |
| Digital Format | jpeg |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-100b-0055 |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/. |
| Full Text |
1805] YELLOWSTONE TO MUSSELSHELL S.W. we proceeded on verry well untill about 6 oClock a squawl of wind Struck our Sale broad side and turned the perogue nearly over, and in this Situation the Perogue re- mained untill the Sale was cut down in which time she nearly filed with water. the articles which floated out was nearly all caught by the Squar who was in the rear. This accident had like to have cost us deerly; for in this perogue were embarked our papers, Instruments, books, medicine, a great proportion of our merchandize, and in short almost every article indis- pensibly necessary to further the views, an insure the success of the enterprize in which, we are now launched to the distance of 2,200 miles. it happened unfortunately that Cap, Lewis and myself were both on shore at the time of this occurrence, a circumstance which seldom took place; and tho' we were on the shore opposit to the perogue were too far distant to be heard or do more than remain spectators of her fate; we dis- charged our guns with the hope of attracting the attention of the crew and ordered the sail to be taken in but such was their consternation and confusion at the instant that they did not hear us. when however they at length took in the sail and the perogue wrighted; the boatman Cruzatte by repeated threats so far brought Charbono the stersman to his recollec- tion that he did his duty while two hands bailed the perogue and Cruzatte and two others rowed her on shore were she arrived scarcely above the water. we owe the preservation of the perogue to the resolution and fortitude of Cruzatte.1 the countrey like that of yesterday, passed a Small Island and the enterence of 3 large Creeks, one on the Stard & the other 2 on the Lard Side, nether of them had any running water at this time. Six good hunters of the party fired at a Brown or Yellow Bear several times before they killed him, & indeed he had like to have defeated the whole party, he pur- sued them seperately as they fired on him, and was near catch- ing several of them one he pursued into the river, this bear was large & fat would way about 500oob; I killed a Buffalow, & Cap' Lewis a Calf & a wolf this evening 1 All after the word ""c deerly"" to this point, is in Lewis's handwriting. - ED. [37] |