On this day in Lewis & Clark history...
The blunderbuss, food, specimens, and other goods are cached at the beginning of the portage near present Belt Creek. Two more canoes are hauled to Upper Portage Camp where Clark has prepared a dinner with suet dumplings.
From the journals...
Wednesday June 26th 1805.
The party set out very early from this place, and took with them two canoes and a second alotment of baggage consisting of Parched meal, Pork, powder lead axes, tools, bisquit, portable soupe, some merchandize and cloathing.
Belt Creek and Missouri River
June 26th Wednesday 1805.
we Saw great numbers of buffalow on the plains in every direction. the plain appear to be black with them. Some antelope and Deer. the wolves pleanty.—
Portage route
Wednesday June 26th 1805.
Whitehouse one of them much heated and fortiegued on his arrivall dank a very hearty draught of water and was taken almost instanly extreemly ill. his pulse were very full and I therefore bled him plentifully from which he felt great relief. I had no other instrument with which to perform this opperation but my pen knife, however it answered very well.
Pen knife and canteen
