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Journal entry · August 30, 1805
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — Joseph Whitehouse: August 30, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): east of Lemhi River, 5 mi south of Salmon, ID
a clear pleasant morning. we got all our horses up and
bought 3 more which makes 30 in all which we now have. we
got our loads ready. the guide which we engaged to go with
us tells us that we could go a road which would be Smooth &
Jeads to the Southward but we would be 2 days without water
and no game on that road. but he could Show us a hilley
rough roud [rout] over the mountains to the north of the
River which would take us in 15 days to Salt water, or in 10
days to a large fork of the River, where it would be navagable.
So we concluded to go that roud a part of these natives Set
out with their horses to go over on the Missourie after the
buffalow. about one oClock P. M. we got ready and Set out
with all our horses except 2 loaded with baggage. our hunter
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killed three Deer this for[e]noon. we proceeded on down this
little River bottom crossed Several Spring runs passed Several
old camps or lodges. Came about 10 miles and Camped on
the bottom near the River.
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The NPS atlas for this night
east of Lemhi River, 5 mi south of Salmon, ID
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural, and Educational Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.4 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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