History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis And ..., volume 2
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis And ..., volume 2
Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Paul Allen, Archibald M'vickar
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Being anxious," continues the narra- tive, '* to reach the Burned Hills by noon, in order to determine their latitude, we went ^ward with great rapidity, but by the time we reacheo that place it was twenty minutes too late to take a meridian altitude. Captain Lewis observing on the opposite side of the hver a herd of elk on a sand-bar covered with willows^ landed with Cruzatte to hunt them. Each of them fired and shot an elk. They then reloaded, and took different routes in pursuit of the game,... when, just as Captain Lewis was taking aim at an elk, a ball struck him in the left thigh, al^ut an inch below the hip d by Google CAPTAIN LEWIS ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDZD. 279 joint, and missing the bone, passe(l through the limb, and grazed the other to some depth. It instantly occurred to him that Cmzatte, whose eyesight was not very good, must have shot him in mistake for an elk, as he was dressed in brown leather. He therefore called out that he was wounded, and looked . towards the place from which the shot came : see- ing nothing, however, he called on Cruzatte by name several times, but received no answer.
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