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Documenting Lewis and Clark – 1805, The Westward Passage
 April
26: Confluence Of The Missouri And Yellowstone Rivers
Meriwether Lewis: This morning I dispatched Joseph Fields up the yellowstone river with orders to examine it as far as he could conveniently and return the same evening; . . . while I proceeded down the river with one man in order to take a view of the confluence of this great river with the Missouri, . . .. after I completed my observations in the evening I walked down and joined the party at their encampment on the point of land fromed by the junction of the rivers; found them all in good health, and much pleased at having arrived at this long wished for spot, and in order to add in some measure to the general pleasure which seemed to pervade our little community, we ordered a dram to issued to each person; this soon produced the fiddle, and they spent the evening with much hilarity, singing & dancing, and seemed as perfectly to forget their past toils, as they appeared regardless of those to come. (Moulton, Vol. 4, page 69, 70)
William Clark: emence numbers of antelopes in the forks of the river, Buffalow & Elk & Deer is also plenty beaver is in every bend.(Ibid., page 75)
Joseph Whitehouse: The River Roshjone is a Shallow River, the water in it is Clear and its current rapid.(Moulton, Vol. 11, page 139)
Patrick Gass: we then heard that Capt. Clark & the party had come at the Mouth of the River Roshjone about 12 oClock to day. Capt. Lewis sent a man down for a perogue to come up for our meat and baggage. Capt. Clark Immediately Sent up a canoe We moved down to their Camp which was about two miles. Our officers Gave out one Gill of ardent Spirits per man. So we made merry fidled and danced &.c.(Moulton, Vol. 9, page 137-138)
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