Note 24 — Chapter XVII · VOYAGE FROM FORT UNION TO MUSCLESHELL RIVER, FROM THE 6TH TO THE 28TH OF JULY
Hannibal Evans Lloyd translation
For a description of this disaster, which was occasioned by a severe windstorm, see Montana Historical Society Contributions, iii, pp. 204, 205; two employés and one Indian were drowned. Mitchell sent an express to Fort Union with news of the catastrophe, meanwhile fortifying within a small barricade. Aid was sent, and the party enabled to proceed.—Ed.