Heather's Birthday

October 11th 1805

Dear Journal,

It was a calm and nice day, perfect for Heather's birthday. Heather definitely had a great day today, we all could tell. Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Heather, happy birthday to you!

We woke up around 7 and it was sunny with a few clouds in view. Today we traveled 30 miles downstream, stopping to trade for some dogs and dried fish. The Nez Perce chiefs traveling along explain that many people of the nations in this area are out on the plains hunting pronghorns at this time of year. Some 200' up steep hills from the river is level, fertile land, but no trees grow along the Snake.

We made good progress today and had successful trades! It was a fun day to being with all of your friends just having a good time! Once again happy birthday Heather, hope you had a great one [:

Morgan's Birthday

August 30th 1805

Dear Journal,

It's late August now, almost September. The trip continues going well, nothing new really. Today was a nice day I thought. Oh and did I mention that today is Morgan's birthday! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Morgan, happy birthday to you!

It was a fine morning, before setting out this morning we killed three deer. We then left with a herd of 29 horses, we can get no more from the Shoshones, who take off for bison country while we follow Toby in the opposite direction, turning north onto today's Lemhi River. We traveled a total of 12 miles today, not as much as usual.

Today seemed more calmer than usual, we weren't in a total rush and it was a easy day! Lucky for Morgan it was her birthday cause it was probably a very relaxing day for her! Hope that you had a great birthday Morgan, sure seemed like you did [:

Chris's Birthday

June 24th 1805

Dear Journal,

I have yet another birthday to announce and that is Chris Platt's! It was an exhausting day today, but Chris had the most energy of us all because Chris is always loud and wide awake! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Chris, happy birthday to you!

We were all exhausted and sweat-soaked when we arrived at Upper Camp in the evening with two canoes. Gass and Shields are having trouble finding straight sticks 4.5 feet long for the iron boat. At Lower Camp, Clark has the last canoe pulled from the water to be emptied and dried. We set off on the portage route with its cargo on their backs and on one of the carts.

Gosh, work work work, thats all we have been doing these past couple of days and it has been really hard! We had fun today though cause we wanted to make sure Chris didn't have a lousy birthday, which he didn't! Once again happy birthday Chris, hope you had a good one [:

Sam's Birthday

June 13th 1805

Dear Journal,

Today felt like a long day! We had to wake up early which wasn't to fun, but the only person who was happy to wake up was Sam because today was his birthday!! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Sam, happy birthday to you!

 Today was a challenging day! Clark's party moved 13 miles, with Sacagawea remaining very sick. Lewis walked ahead while his men were hunter and he heard the would of waterfalls, and reaches a 200'-high cascade at noon. Here are the Great falls of the Missouri River! The river's edges are sheer bluffs deeply cut by ravines, which meant we could not tow the boats over the falls, but will have to carry everything for miles across the prairie. Just out luck and trust me it wasn't to fun doing this!

What a day I'm glad all of that hard work is over! I hope Sam enjoyed it even though it wasn't such a good day! It's getting late and I have no more energy to write anymore so once again happy birthday Sam [:

Christina's Birthday

May 28th 1805

Dear Journal,

It's now been a year since we've been on our journey. Seems like a long time but it has been fun. Today I had my second birthday since we've been on our trip and it was a good birthday to! Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear me, happy birthday to me!

This morning we set out at an early hour, the weather dark and cloudy with a few drops of rain.  We proceeded on through the desert country until about 4 o'clock P. M. when we came to a more pleasant part. We had a pretty good day overall day. Traveled twenty-one miles and encamped on the North side. While we were traveling we saw a nice looking bear but we didn't have time to kill it which was unfortunate because it would have been a good dinner!

Like I said it was a pretty good day, we did a lot of traveling and made good progress. I am having a lot of time being with my friends and we've all been working so hard! My birthday was good too just like my last one [:

Curtis's Birthday

April 3rd 1805

Dear Journal,

It's been a long journey, we've almost been gone for one year. Today though was Curtis's birthday! Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Curtis, happy birthday to you! 

We shall be packing up and getting ready to set out tomorrow. At 4:00 pm we had completed every arrangement necessary for our departure, we dismissed the barge and crew, with orders to return without loss of time to St. Louis. A small canoe with two French hunters accompanied the barge. These men had ascended the Missouri with us the last year as engagés. The barge crew consisted of six soldiers and two Frenchmen. Two Frenchmen and an Arikara Indian also take their passage in her as far as the Arikara villages, at which place we expect Mr. Tabeau to embark, with his peltry, who, in that case, will make an addition of two, perhaps four, men to the crew of the barge.

We got a lot accomplished today, and it was hard work! We let Curtis do all of the easy work because we wanted him to have a nice and relaxing day on his birthday [:

Morgan's Birhthday

Hi everyone,

For Morgan's birthday she wasn't with us on the trip so that is why I don't have a blog about it, but when its time for her next birthday I'll have one up [: