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Clark reported 7/31 A.M. that during the night "one gang [of
buffalo] Swam the river near our Camp...alarmed me...for fear of
their Splitting [the canoes] to pieces." No damage done. Camped
7 miles SW of Glendive MT. I-94 veers SE here(see map, top left).
Take MT16 here and follow the Yellowstone NE to Sidney MT. 8/1;
Rain and buffalo continued to plague the team. "My Situation...very
disagree-able...in an open Canoe wet and [no] possibility of keeping...dry."
Buffalo "stops" and weather made a short day of 45 miles.
Camped on north side of the Yellowstone a few miles SW of Sidney
MT. 8/2; Clark noted an abundance of everything; mosquitos, "islands
and Sand and Mud bars...Elk Buffalow and wolves today." Camped
across the North Dakota border. 8/3; camped at Yellowstone-Mo junction.
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