Journal entry · May 28, 1806
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: May 28, 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
an other Indn went with us. we rode on a plain about 2 hours
then left the road and bore South thro an unlevel timbred country
untill towards evening. Saw Several big horn animel or mountain
Sheep and Saw 14 deer in this timbred country Some Spots of
Snow & falling timber, had a hard Thunder Shower, towards
evening we descended a bad hill down on a creek followed it
down Some distance and arived at a village where we Camped.
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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
Terrain360 · the place today
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt in 360°
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