Journal entry · September 11, 1805
Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — John Ordway: September 11, 1805
John Ordway · Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT
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.
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The NPS atlas for this night
north side of Lolo Creek, 7½ mi west of Lolo, MT
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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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