The boats make only six miles up the Missouri before camping on an island at the mouth of the Big Nemaha River in present Nebraska. Clark finds a stray Indian horse, and in Washington City, an Osage delegation arrives.
Horse
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Clark Finds a Horse
I observed a fresh horse track where he had been feeding I turned my course to the river and prosud the track and found him on a Sand beach This horse Probably had been left by Some party of Otteaus [Otoes] hunters
—William Clark
Hunting Deer
Several hunters Sent out to day on both Sides of the river, Seven Deer Killed to day. Drewyer Killd Six of them
—William Clark
All Men Sick
Came to about 12 oclock P. m for the porpos of resting on[e] or two days the men is all Sick
—Charles Floyd
Mouth of the Big Nemaha
On Newfound Island opposite to the mouth of the great Ne-mi-Haw made the following observations with Sextant and Chronometer.
—Meriwether Lewis
Osage Delegation Arrives
Washington July 12. 04.
Dear Sir [Albert Gallatin]
the Osages arrived yesterday, have been recieved to-day & will enter on business tomorrow. they are twelve men & two boys, and certainly the most gigantic men we have ever seen. Affectionate salutations.
Th: Jefferson[1]Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0054. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 44, 1 July to 10 November 1804, ed. James P. … Continue reading
Notes
| ↑1 | Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0054. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 44, 1 July to 10 November 1804, ed. James P. McClure (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019), 70–71]. |
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