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Journal entry · April 29, 1806
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — Patrick Gass: April 29, 1806
Patrick Gass · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
night; and we bought some dogs and a horse from them.
The day was fair, and we got all our baggage transported to
the south side of the river. Here are a great many of the
natives encamped on a large creek, which comes in from the
south, and those on the north side are moving over as fast as
they can. We encamped on a creek, and got three horses,
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some dogs, shap-a-leel, some roots called com-mas and other
small roots, which were good to eat and nourishing.
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