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1805:

Captain Clark (current)
Captain Lewis

Captain ClarkCaptain Clark:
September 18, 1805

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A fair morning. Cold. I proceeded on in advance with six hunters. Made 32 miles and encamped on a bold running creek passing to the left, which I call Hungry Creek, as at that place we had nothing to eat.

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