Bitter Root Mountains
Place · mentioned in 7 journal entries
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
Return
Post-expedition
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Sacagawea Reunites with Her Brother Cameahwait
Aug 17, 1805 · Camp Fortunate, Montana
"range expedition needed to cross"
— transcribed as Bitterroot Mountains
John Ordway: September 4, 1805
John Ordway · Sep 4, 1805 · Ross's Hole / Bitterroot Valley near Sula, Montana
"crossed by party (editor note)"
Meeting the Flathead Salish
Sep 4, 1805 · Ross's Hole, Bitterroot Valley, Montana
"difficult crossing ahead through these mountains"
— transcribed as Bitterroot Mountains
Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains — John Ordway: September 14, 1805
John Ordway · Sep 14, 1805 · Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains
"main divide crossed by party"
Lost and Starving in the Bitterroot Mountains
Sep 16, 1805 · Lolo Trail, Bitterroot Mountains, Idaho
"grueling crossing of the expedition"
— transcribed as Bitterroot Mountains
Rescued by the Nez Perce at Weippe Prairie
Sep 20, 1805 · Weippe Prairie, Idaho
"emerged half-starved from these mountains"
— transcribed as Bitterroot Mountains
Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — John Ordway: June 16, 1806
John Ordway · Jun 16, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"crossing route mentioned in footnote"
