Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — Patrick Gass: April 30, 1806
The party spent the morning until about 11 o'clock gathering their horses, acquiring two more to bring their total to twenty-three. They then departed from the Walla Walla River and the Walla Walla nation, traveling roughly fourteen miles across a broad sandy plain with sparse grass and sage-like shrubs. Reaching a branch of the Walla Walla River, they camped for the night on its south side, where the soil was richer and grassy. Captain Clark shot one of two pheasants, the only wildlife seen. Several Native Americans continued to travel with them.
here till about 11 o’clock to collect our horses, got two more;
and have now altogether twenty-three horses. We then set
out from Wal-la-wal-la river and nation; proceeded on about
fourteen miles through an extensive plain, when we struck a
branch of the Wal-la-wal-la river, and halted for the night.
We saw no animals or birds of any kind, except two pheas-
ants, one of which Capt. Clarke killed. The whole of this
plain is of a sandy surface and affords but thin grass, with
some branches of shrubs which resemble sage or hyssop. On
the south side of this branch the soil 1s of earth and rich, cov-
ered with grass, and very handsome. We are still accom-
panied by several of the natives.
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We stayed here until about 11 o'clock to collect our horses, and got two more; we now have twenty-three horses altogether. We then set out from the Wal-la-wal-la river and nation, and proceeded on about fourteen miles through an extensive plain, when we struck a branch of the Wal-la-wal-la river, and halted for the night.
We saw no animals or birds of any kind, except two pheasants, one of which Capt. Clarke (Capt. Clark) killed. The whole of this plain has a sandy surface and produces only thin grass, along with some branches of shrubs that resemble sage or hyssop. On the south side of this branch the soil is of earth and rich, covered with grass, and very handsome. We are still accompanied by several of the natives.
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