Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-28

One hundred and eighteen years ago
Friday the Lewis and Clark expedi'iol
was on it's way up the Missouri river
in the vicinity of Omaha, according TO
7. l.. Sanders. secretary of the Mon
tana Historical society and or me
Society of Montana Pioneers IN MS
historical bulletin of Montana Aester-
days'' issued for Friday. he says: :
1904 (Saturdayl-The journal OF
tho lewis and Clark expedition says,
wind from the y. w. Passed oiulls
on the right side of the river. Passed
mouth of Nodaway creek, $50 miles
from mouth of the Missouri and a creek
X wards wide. Called it Indian Knob
creek. Heard firing to the ;. w. Below
here the Iowa Indians formerly iived.
brewer brought in a Missouri indian;
found him hunting on the prairie with
a band of 20 lodges. He lives with
the Ottoes. Travelled 1913 miles.
1906 (Sundayl-Captain Lewis sent
two men up the southeast FORK OF the
Missouri (the Gallatin river. he Wrote'
Clark and l agreed as to the names
of the three forks. The beds of all OF
,hem are formed of smooth pebbles
and gravel and the waters are trans
narrent. If an establishment were
erected here of brick or stone II would
he cbeaper than wood. Sand bars and
earth making good brick. Had "A shade
made for Captain Clark. The grass is
luxuriaDt. The others, except Tor the
hunters. were busy dressing skins, max
ing moccasins and leggings. Hard WIND
from the s. w. Hunters brought III
eight deer and two elk. Went three
miles up the jefferson river and camped
on the site of a Snake Indian camp
where the Miniatures found them i've
years ago. The Miniatures followed and
killed four men and four women, and
took many women and children prison
ers. Sacajawea was one of them.
Captain Clark records that he was
better. The day was warm. he wrote. |
with a temperature of 80 degrees above
zero until a thunder shower at 1 O'Clock
u. IN. He repeats many OF captain
Lewis observations.
"1SO6 acknowledgement Lewis and
his men had escaped from the valley OF
the Marias after their brush with the
Indians. He wrote. An sore from nd
ing 100 miles yesterday but | thought
best to get out of the country and all
agreed with me and we resumed our
march. | decided to go to the mouth
of the Marias and if the party were not
there to cross the Missouri, hide the
baggage and march on foot up the river
through timber to the Falls. Went east
- miles and heard report like guns.
Continued eight miles when we heard
several guns and arrived at the bank
of the river and had the unspeakable
satisfaction of seeing our canoes coming
down. We unpacked the horses and
turned them loose and loaded the bag
gage into the canoes and went Down
the river to our cache which we open
-.al - nnI avn a /
injured. Dropped down to another
cache and opened it and everything was
all right. Here Gass and Willard Joined
us. We crossed to an island at the en-
trance of the Marias and descended the
river in six boats Is miles and camped
on right bank. Sent out hunters who
returned with meat. l.
Captain Clark. on the YELLOWSTONE,
on the same day of 1906. wrote, Set
out at daylight. gliding down smooth
stream. passing many islands and creeks
and brooks. At six miles passed a creek
so yards wide tGreat Porcupine creek,
six miles east of Forsyth, Mont.) Six
miles below passed a dry creek on the
north side. Five miles lower passed a
20 yards wide which was nearly
dry. Called it Table creek from mounds
a table. (These are today
known as Armells and Little Porcu- :
pine creeks. Four miles lower reached ;
a river 100 yards wide on the south /,
side. tRosebud river. Passed strata of ,
coal N both banks. on the south side G
about 30 feet above the water and /
from four to eight feet thick in a y
horizontal position like on the Missouri t
Travelled % miles
1862 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. creek r
and gold diggings discovered by John S
White and John Allen and party. The S
had been visited by Clark in 1906 C
on his return from the Columbia and
after Lewis had gone north to explore
the Marias and go down the Missouri S
Clark was going down the yell
lowstone river. Clark had named it +
Wizards creek after one of his marty. n
The gold seekers of 1862 did not know +
this and gave it the name of Grass {
hopper crek which still clings to it. f
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