Journal entry · May 21, 1806
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: May 21, 1806
John Ordway · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Camp Chopunnish, east (right) side Clearwater River, Kamiah, ID
more of the party went up to a village about 5 miles on South
Side on the Side of a hill & Spring run we purchased some white
roots Shappalell &C. Some of the women in the village were cry-
ing aloud at different times in the course of the day. I Signed the
reason of their lamenting & they gave me to understand that they
had lost Some of their Sons in battle and that was the custom
among them when their relation died they mourn and lement a
long time after the aged women only make a loud noise, we
stayed in the village all night.
taken at different times. There is no break in the narrative journal, which
begins on page three of the book.
1 This root, a species of ginseng, is identified by Cones (111. 1000) as “the well
known Peucedanum Cous.”
1806] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 359
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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
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt in 360°
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