Journal entry · August 19, 1805
Clark: August 19, 1805
William Clark · Camp Fortunate, Sacagawea reunites with Cameahwait
The place today: Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
August 19th Monday 1805 A verry Cold morning Frost to be Seen we Set out
at 7 oClock and proceeded on thro a wide leavel Vallie the Chief Shew me
the place that a number of his nation was killed about 1 years past this
Vallie Continues 5 miles & then becoms narrow, the beaver has Darned
up the River in maney places we proceeded on up the main branch with a
gradial assent to the head and passed over a low mountain and Decended a
Steep Decent to a butifull Stream, passed over a Second hill of a verry
Steep assent & thro a hilley Countrey for 8 miles an Encamped on a
Small Stream the Indians with us we wer oblige to feedone man met
one with a mule & Spanish Saddle to ride, I gave him a wistoat a mule
is considered a of great value among those people we proceeded on over a
verry mountanious Countrey across the head of hollows & Springs
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The NPS atlas for this night
4 mi NE of Tendoy, ID
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- First Flag Unfurling Site (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 2.7 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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