Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — Joseph Whitehouse: September 11, 1805
On a pleasant morning, the party searched for their scattered horses, not gathering them all until noon, so they dined in camp. Their latitude was recorded as 46°48'28" North, with snow lingering on a mountain to the southwest. They departed at 4 p.m., heading west up a pine-bottomed creek for about seven miles. Along the way they passed a tree painted with Indian symbols and hung with a white bear skin, suspected to be a place of worship. They camped at a former large Indian encampment, noting an earthen house, pine trees peeled for inner bark, and abundant chokecherries.
a beautiful pleasant morning. we went out to hunt up our
horses, but they were So Scattered that we could not find them
all untill 12 oClock, So we dined here. the Latitude at this
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place is 46°, 48’, 28 8/10” North. the Snow on the mountain
about 1 mile to the S. W. of us does not melt but verry
little. Some of the men who were hunting the horses detained
us Untill 4 oClock at which time we Set out and proceeded on
up this Creek Course nearly West. the narrow [ bo] ttom
along this creek is mostly covred with pine timber. passed a
tree on which was a nomber of Shapes drawn on it with paint
by the natives. a white bear Skin hung on the Same tree. we
Suppose this to be a place of worship among them. Came
about 7 miles this evening and Camped on a Smooth plain
near the Creek, where had lately been a large Encampment of
Indians. Saw one house made of Earth. the pine trees
pealed as far up as a man could reach. we Suppose that the
natives done it to git the enside beark to mix with their dryed
fruit to Eat. the Choke cherries are pleanty &c.
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A beautiful pleasant morning. We went out to hunt up our horses, but they were so scattered that we could not find them all until 12 o'clock, so we dined here. The latitude at this place is 46° 48' 28 8/10" North. The snow on the mountain about 1 mile to the southwest of us does not melt but very little. Some of the men who were hunting the horses detained us until 4 o'clock, at which time we set out and proceeded on up this creek, course nearly west. The narrow bottom along this creek is mostly covered with pine timber. Passed a tree on which were a number of shapes drawn with paint by the natives. A white bear skin hung on the same tree. We suppose this to be a place of worship among them. Came about 7 miles this evening and camped on a smooth plain near the creek, where there had lately been a large encampment of Indians. Saw one house made of earth. The pine trees were peeled as far up as a man could reach. We suppose that the natives did it to get the inside bark to mix with their dried fruit to eat. The choke cherries are plenty, etc.
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