Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — John Ordway: September 11, 1805

out to look up our horses, the Latitude at this place is 46° 48′ 288
i North, we did not find all our horses untill afternoon, about
4 oClock P. M. we Set out and proceeded on up this creek course
nearly west, the narrow bottoms on this Creek is thinly covred
with pitch pine passed a large tree on which the natives had a
number of Immages drawn on it with paint, a part of a white
bear skin hung on Sd tree, we came about 7 miles this evening and
Camped on a narrow plain2 near where had been a large Camp of
Indians a Short time past. Saw one lodge made of Earth, the
pine trees pealed for some distance around, the natives eat the
enside bark.