Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact — Patrick Gass: August 14, 1805
The party set out after breakfast and traveled 15 miles along the river, passing a small creek and a scenic valley on the north side. Timber was scarce, with only scattered trees lining the banks. The hunters returned at midday with five deer and a goat from the previous day's hunt. Game in the area was limited to a few deer and goats, though otter and beaver were plentiful, and the river held large black trout. They camped on the south side, struggling to find enough firewood for cooking.
embarked after breakfast; passed a small creek on the north
side and a beautiful valley on the same side. Timber is very
scarce; and only some few scattering trees along the river.
Our hunters came in at noon, who had been out all day yester-
day: they had killed 5 deer and a goat. There are a few deer
and goats in this part of the country; and otter and beaver
in plenty along the river, but no other kind of game that we
could discover. There are some fish in the river and trout
of a large size, and of the black kind. We went 15 miles and
encamped on the South side where we had great difficulty in
procuring a sufficient quantity of wood to cook with.
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We set out after breakfast, passing a small creek on the north side and a beautiful valley on the same side. Timber is very scarce, with only a few scattered trees along the river. Our hunters came in at noon, having been out all day yesterday: they had killed 5 deer and a goat. There are a few deer and goats in this part of the country, and otter and beaver in plenty along the river, but no other kind of game that we could discover. There are some fish in the river, including trout of a large size and of the black kind. We traveled 15 miles and camped on the south side, where we had great difficulty in finding enough wood to cook with.
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