Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: May 15, 1806

Saw a white bear [we] followed it with horses but did not kill it.
a number of the party went out to make a camp hunt, we made a
shelter to put our baggage in down in a large celler where had
formerly been a wintering house & has been a large village at this
place, we formed our Camp around this celler so as in case of an
alarm we can jump in the celler and defend ourSelves. built a
bowery for our officers to write in. we tryed out 5 gallons of bears
oil and put it in a keg for the mountains &C.
Encampment at kooskooskee river
Serg* Ordways journal continued from small book2