Journal entry · June 26, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 26, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Great Falls Portage · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Lower Portage Camp, Hower Coulee
a clear morning. we Set out as usal and proceeded on. Saw
a nomber of large Swans on the River. Some of the hunters
killed 2 of them. considerable of pine Spruce and bollsom fer
trees along the Shore. we passed a Small Creek on the S. S.
and one on the N.S. _ the grass in the valley & on the hills
look dry & pearch‘ up. the wind high from the N. W. in
the afternoon we passed through a hill & clifts of rocks on
each Side. the River divides in different channels & Spreads
about a mile wide. the Islands verry pleanty. Saw beaver
Sign on them. this valley is Smoth in places. Some timber
along the Shores our hunters on Shore killed a deer. we
Came 15% miles through verry rapid water. the men [of the]
party much fatigued. Camped on a Smooth plain on the
South Side.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Lower Portage Camp, Hower Coulee
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of June 16 to June 27, 1805
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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