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Documenting Lewis and Clark – 1805, The Westward Passage
 May
4: Fortified Indian Camp
Patrick Gass: We went about eighteen miles and encamped on the North side. One of the men became sick this morning and has remained so all day.(Moulton, Vol. 10, p. 85)
John Ordway: clear and moderate this morning. the Snow is all melted off the hills. we delayed Some time to mend the rudder of the red perogue which got broke landing last evening.(Moulton, Vol. 9, p. 142)
Meriwether Lewis: passed several old Indian hunting camps in the course of the day one of them contained two large lodges which were fortified with old driftwood and fallen timber: this fortification consisted of a circular fence of timber lade horizontally laping on and over laying each other to the hight of 5 feet. these pounds are sometimes built from 20 to 30 feet in diameter and covered over with the trunks and limbs of old timber.(Moulton, Vol. 4, p. 108)
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