Jefferson River ascending toward divide — Patrick Gass: August 1, 1805
After breakfast, Captain Lewis, Patrick Gass, and the two interpreters went ahead of the main party to search for Snake Indians. Their route took them across a large mountain on the north side of the river, a tiring trek of about 11 miles. Returning to the river, they found it flowing through an attractive valley 6 to 8 miles wide, sparsely timbered and covered with small bushes. They killed two elk and left the meat for the canoes, then crossed a small creek and camped on the north shore.
ing and proceeded on till breakfast time; when Capt. Lewis,
myself and the two interpreters went on ahead to look for
some of the Snake Indians. Our course lay across a large
mountain on the north side, over which we had a very fatig-
uing trip of about 11 miles. We then came to the river again,
and found it ran through a handsome valley of from 6 to 8
miles wide. At the entrance of this valley, which is covered
with small bushes, but has very little timber, we killed two
elk and left the meat for the canoes to take up, as the men
stood much in need of it, having no fresh provisions on
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hand. We crossed a small creek on the north shore, and
encamped on the same side.
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...continuing on, we proceeded until breakfast time, when Capt. Lewis (Capt. Lewis), myself, and the two interpreters went on ahead to look for some of the Snake Indians. Our course lay across a large mountain on the north side, over which we had a very tiring trip of about 11 miles. We then came to the river again, and found it ran through a beautiful valley from 6 to 8 miles wide.
At the entrance of this valley, which is covered with small bushes but has very little timber, we killed two elk and left the meat for the canoes to pick up, as the men were much in need of it, having no fresh provisions on hand. We crossed a small creek on the north shore and camped on the same side.
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