Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross’s Hole — Joseph Whitehouse: September 6, 1805

a clear cold morning. we began to pack up our baggage
and look up our horses &c. bought a nomber of lash chords
and other Small articles from the natives at 10 oClock A. M.
the natives all got up their horses and Struck their lodges in
order to move over on the head of the Missourie after the
buffalow. they make a large Show as they are numerous and
have abundance of horses. we take these Savages to be the
Welch Indians if their be any Such from the Language. So
Cap: Lewis took down the names of everry thing in their
Language, in order that it may be found out whether they are
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or whether they Sprang or origenated first from the welch or not.
about noon we got ready to Set out. we have now 40 good
pack horses, and three Colts. we loaded the horses Several
men had to take 2 horses &c. 4 hunters were furnished
horses without loads to hunt constant. about 1 oClock P. M.
we Set out. the natives Set out at the Same time to go over
on the Missourie. we proceeded on our journey. crossed a
large creek went over a mountain about 7 miles came down on
the Same creek and Camped nothing to eat but a little
pearched corn. on[e] hunter Stayed out all night. light
Sprinklings of rain through the course of the day.