Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact — Patrick Gass: August 14, 1805

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.