Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: May 30, 1806
The party remained in camp for the day, having lost most of the previously caught salmon and hoping to acquire more. The local natives roasted another salmon and offered it to them to eat. In the afternoon, the men purchased what they judged to be enough salmon for their return journey and hung the fish up to preserve them. They observed that most fishing took place on the opposite shore among the rocks, whirlpools, and eddies, where only three dip nets were being used at three locations.
nearly all the Salmon which was caught so we had to wait here to
day expecting to git some Salmon the natives roasted an other
Salmon & Set before us to eat. in the afternoon we purchased as
many Salmon as we thought was necessary to take home and hung
them up the most they catch is on the opposite shore along the
rocks in the whorls & eddys. we Saw only three dip nets at 3
places a fishing.
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nearly all the salmon which was caught, so we had to wait here today expecting to get some salmon. The natives roasted another salmon and set it before us to eat. In the afternoon we purchased as many salmon as we thought was necessary to take home and hung them up. The most they catch is on the opposite shore along the rocks in the whirls and eddies. We saw only three dip nets at three places fishing.
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