Journal entry · July 1, 1806

Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — John Ordway: July 1, 1806

John Ordway · Travelers' Rest - party splits: Lewis north, Clark south · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Travelers Rest Camp, Lolo, MT

eairly a hunting they all returned by noon had killed in all
twelve deer & Some of them large fat bucks, in the afternoon
our officers had a talk with the guides that came over the moun-
tains with us. they told our officers that they wished to live in
peace and bury their war Stripes in the ground, one of them
gave Cap* Lewis a good horse.

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Travelers Rest Camp, Lolo, MT

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