Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — John Ordway: September 11, 1805
The party spent the morning rounding up their horses, which took until afternoon at this campsite located at latitude 46°48'28" North. Around 4 p.m. they set out heading nearly west up a creek, traveling through narrow bottoms thinly covered with pitch pine. They passed a large tree painted with native images and adorned with a piece of white bear skin. After about seven miles, they camped on a narrow plain near a recently used Indian camp, noting an earthen lodge and pines stripped of bark, which the natives ate.
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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Out to look up our horses. The latitude at this place is 46° 48' 28" North. We did not find all our horses until afternoon. About 4 o'clock P.M. we set out and proceeded on up this creek, course nearly west. The narrow bottoms on this creek are thinly covered with pitch pine. Passed a large tree on which the natives had a number of images drawn on it with paint; a part of a white bear skin hung on said tree. We came about 7 miles this evening and camped on a narrow plain near where had been a large camp of Indians a short time past. Saw one lodge made of earth. The pine trees were peeled for some distance around; the natives eat the inside bark.
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