On
the 33mi journey from 7/16 camp, the party examined this "Indian
Fort" (description and illustration below). Sacagawea remarked
that warriors, when outnumbered, built these to hold out until they
could leave the area. Clark noted her clari-fication. Also, he continued
to describe flora and fauna along the Yellowstone daily; usually a
Lewis task.
7/18: After a routine trek from Three Forks ominous events emerged.
Clark noted smoke, southeast, guessing a Crow source meaning good
or bad results. Charbonneau was thrown from his horse and bruised
face, hip and shoulder. Gibson "...fell...on a Snag and sent
it nearly [two] inches into the Muskeler part of his thy." With
the wounded, they made only 26 mi. and camped a few miles west of
Columbus MT and Stillwater River. |
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