August 11, 1806 : " just oppostie to the birnt hills there happened to be a herd of Elk on a thick willow bar... I determined to land and kill some of them accordingly we put too and I went out with Cruzatte only.  we fired on the Elk I killed one and wounded another, we reloaded our guns and took differnet routs through the thick willows in pursuit of the Elk; I was in the act of firing on the Elk a second time when a ball struck my left thye about an inch below my hip joint... the stroke was severe: I instantly supposed that Cruzatte had shot me in mistake for an Elk as I was dressed in brown leather and he cannot see very well; under this impression I called out to him damn you, you shot me, and looks towards the place from whence the ball had come... I do not believe that the fellow did it intentionally but after finding that he had shot me was anxious to conceal his knowledge of having done so."  Captain Lewis   

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