May 9, 1804
Moving into Tents To prepare the men for their upcoming routine, Clark has them move out of their Camp River Dubois cabins and into tents.
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May 9, 1806
Collecting Saddles and Horses The corps moves about six miles to Twisted Hair's small camp on the Camas prairie. Willard and Twisted Hair retrieve saddles and gunpowder from last October's canoe camp. Later, twenty-one of the horses left with the Nez Perce last fall are brought in. It then begins to snow.
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