Clark: February 3, 1805

3rd of February 1805 our provisions of meat being nearly exorsted I
concluded to Decend the River on the Ice & hunt, I Set out with about
16 men 3 horses & 2 Slays Descended nearly 60 miles Killed &
loaded the horses back, & made 2 pens which we filed with meat, &
returned on the 13th we Killed 40 Deer, 3 Bulls 19 Elk, maney So meager
that they were unfit for use