Journal entry · May 9, 1806
Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — John Ordway: May 9, 1806
John Ordway · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Clearwater to Snake River
to the twisted hairs village where we Camped, the chief Sent for our
horses & pack Saddles one of our men went for the ammunition
we left at canoe Camp1 a band of Indians came from another
village to See us. towards evening Willard returnd with the ammu-
nition and the pack Saddles the Indians brought up the most of
our horses. Some of them in good order, we caught & hobbled
them. Some of them had been rode after Deer &C. these plains
are Smooth Soil rich & filled with commass wild onions and white
roots calld halse & other roots good for food which the natives live
on at this Season of the year, the evening cold rainy & windy.
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The NPS atlas for this night
3 mi E of Mohler, ID
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
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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Clearwater to Snake River in 360°
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