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Clark's in travel writer mode:"proceeded on gliding down this
Smooth Stream passing maney Isld. and Several Creeks or brooks..."
He kept "gliding" 73 miles and camped on an island across
from Graveyard Creek near Hathaway MT. Rain and head wind made travel
difficult; after 45 miles , passing the Tongue River,made 7/29 camp
north of present Miles City. 7/30 heavy rain; "violent Storm
from the N.W." caused high flow and more rapids. Canoes had to
be lowered over shoals to avoid hitting a rock and splitting. They
sheltered "in an old Indian Lodge..." Clark called this
"the worst place... on this river from |
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