Journal entry · May 15, 1806
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: May 15, 1806
John Ordway · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
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
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The NPS atlas for this night
Camp Chopunnish, east (right) side Clearwater River, Kamiah, ID
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of May 14 to May 31, 1806
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt in 360°
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