Timeline
Documenting Lewis and Clark – 1806, The Return Home
 July
13: Clark And Ordway Split At Three Forks
William Clark: Set out early this morning and proceded on very well to the enterance of Madicines river at our old Encampment of the 27th July last . . .. . . . after dinner the 6 Canoes and the party of 10 men under the direction of Sergt. Ordway Set out. previous to their departur I gave instructions how they were to proceed &c. I also wrote to Capt Lewis by Sergt. Ordway-. my party now Consists of the following persons Viz: Serjeant N. Pryor, Jo. Shields, G. Shannon William Bratton, Labiech, Windsor, H. Hall, Gibson, Interpreter Shabono his wife & Child and my man york; with 49 horses and a colt.(Moulton, Vol. 8, p. 179)
John Ordway: we all proceeded to the 3 forks of Missouri crossed the men & baggage and Swam the horses to all to the South Side of gallintines River where we dined below the forks . . .. . . . Capt. Clark & party leaves us here to cross over to the River Roshjone. So we parted I and 9 [Collins, Colter, Cruzatte, Howard, Lepage, Potts, Weiser, Whitehouse, and Willard] more proceeded on down the river with the canoes verry well.(Moulton, Vol. 9, p. 335)
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