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Documenting Lewis and Clark – 1805, The Westward Passage
 May
29: Clark Names The Judith River
Meriwether Lewis: the water of this River is [Clear]
than any we have met with . . . Cap. C who assended this R. much higher than
I did has [thought proper to] to call it Judieths River.(Moulton,
Vol. 4, p. 215-216)
William Clark: we gave the men a dram, although verry Small it was Sufficent to effect Several men.(Moulton, Vol. 4, p. 219)
Joseph Whitehouse: . . .. a large buffloe Swan the river last night, and came out across one of the pirogues & broke a blunderbuss, & bent a rifle & came up the bank through the Camp & like to have tramped on Several men as they were a Sleep.(Moulton, Vol. 11, p. 177)
John Ordway: we Saw the remains of a number of buffalow which had been drove down a Steep clift of rocks, from appearance their was upwards of 100 of these animals all picked off in a drove, great number of wolves were about this place & verry gentle Capt. Clark killed one of them with his Spere.(Moulton, Vol. 9, p. 158)
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