Journal entry · June 29, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 29, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Great Falls Portage · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): White Bear Islands Camp, east bank
a clear pleasant morning. we Set out as usal and proceeded
on. the current verry rapid. we found a goat Skin which
Cap! Clarks party had killed and left on Shore. passed a yal-
low or redish clift of rocks on N. S. Saw considerable of
ceeder on the Islands and along the Shores. in the afternoon
we passed a large plain on the N.S. the prickley pear abound
on it. Saw otter and beaver in great abundence. the willow
verry thick on the Islands and along the Shores. the Currents
still abound also the Rabit berrys, which the french call graze
the buff [graisse de beuf]. the rapid water continues all day.
Some bad rapids which it was with difficulty we passed over
them. Came 19% ml! this day and Camped on the large
plain N.S. one deer killed this day. a white bear Seen.
pleanty of Elk sign. we Saw a great many different kinds of
Snakes along the R [iver].
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White Bear Islands Camp, east bank
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of June 18 to June 30, 1805
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