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1805 Journal Entry Archives May 11 - 15 , 1805

May 11, 1805

" About 5 PM my attention was struck by one of the party runing at a distance towards us and making signs and hollering as if in distress, Bratton whom I had permitted to walk on shore, he arrived so much out of breath … informed me he had shot a brown bear which immediately turned on him and pursued him; I immediately turned out seven of the party in quest of this monster…"

May 12, 1805

"I walked on shore this morning for the benifit of exersize which I wanted, and also to examine the country, I most generally went alone armed with my rifle and espontoon; thus equiped I feel myself more than an equal match for a brown bear provided I get him in open woods or near the water… saw great quantities of game as usual. "

May 13, 1805

"The wind continued to blow so violently this morning that we did not think it prudent to set out. sent out some hunters. At 1 PM the wind abated and altho; the hunters had not returned we set out ... party killed several deer and some Elk principally for the benift of their skins which are necessary to them for cloathing, the Elk skins I now begin to reserve for making the leather boat at the falls. The hunters joined us this evening; Gibson had wounded a very large brown bear but it was to late in the evening to pursue him."

May 14, 1805

" we proceeded on verry well untill about 6oClock a Squawl of wind struck our Sale broad Side and turned the perogue nearly over, she nearly filed with water – the articles which floated out was nearly all caught by the woman who was in the rear. This accident had like to have cost us deerly; for this perogue were embarked our papers, Instruments, books, medicine, a gret proportion of our merchandize, and in short almost every article indispensibly … it happened unfortunately that Capt. Lewis and myself were both on shore at the time of this occurence... "

May 15, 1805

After yesterday’s accident: " our medisons, Instruments, merchandize, Clothes, provisions which was nearly all wet had put out to air and dry. The day being Cloudy & rainey those articles dried but little to day-"