We now had
the trumpet sounded, and fired several guns; but he did not return,
and we fear he is again lost."
This man, although an expert hunter, had an unlucky habit
of losing himself in the wilderness, as many another good man
has lost himself among the mountains or the great plains.
This time, however, he came into camp again, after being
lost three days.
On the eighth of August the party reached a point now known
by its famous landmark, Beaver Head, a remarkable rocky formation
which gives its name to Beaverhead County, Montana. The Indian
woman, Sacajawea, recognized the so-called beaver-head, which,
she said, was not far from the summer retreat of her countrymen,
living on the other side of the mountains. The whole party
were now together again, the men with the canoes having come up;
and the journal says: -
"Persuaded of the absolute necessity of procuring horses to cross
the mountains, it was determined that one of us should proceed
in the morning to the head of the river, and penetrate the mountains
till he found the Shoshonees or some other nation who can assist
us in transporting our baggage, the greater part of which we shall
be compelled to leave without the aid of horses.". . .
Early the next day Captain Lewis took Drewyer, Shields, and M'Neal, and,
slinging their knapsacks, they set out with a resolution to meet some nation
of Indians before they returned, however long they might be separated
from the party.
![First Across The Continent The Story Of The Exploring Expedition Of Lewis And Clark In 1804/5/6 By Noah Brooks
- Shannon, the same
man who had been lost for fifteen days [August 28 to Sept. 11,
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