Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact — Patrick Gass: August 15, 1805
The party set out around 8 o'clock and after two miles reached the entrance of a mountain where Captain Lewis and his group had stopped for dinner two days into their earlier departure, leaving behind four deer skins. The entrance was marked by two tall tower-like rock pillars on either side of the river. The mountains stood about a quarter mile back from the narrow, shallow river, which was only 20 yards wide and a foot and a half deep. The very cold water made wading and dragging the canoes miserable for the men. They traveled 15 miles and camped on the south side.
on about 8 o’clock. Having gone 2 miles, we came to the
entrance of a mountain, where Capt. Lewis and his party on
the second day after their departure had taken dinner; and
had left 4 deer skins. At the entrance of the mountain there
are two high pillars of rocks, resembling towers on each side
of the river. The mountains are not very high and do not
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approach so near the river as some we have passed; they are
about a quarter of a mile distant, and the river meanders
along between thém through the bushes and is not more than
20 yards wide, and about a foot and a half deep. The water
is very cold, and severe and disagreeable to the men, who are
frequently obliged to wade and drag the canoes. We went
15 miles and encamped on the South side.
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We set out about 8 o'clock. After going 2 miles, we came to the entrance of a mountain where Capt. Lewis (Capt. Lewis) and his party had stopped for dinner on the second day after their departure, and had left 4 deer skins. At the entrance of the mountain there are two high pillars of rock, resembling towers, one on each side of the river. The mountains are not very high and do not approach as near the river as some we have passed; they are about a quarter of a mile away, and the river meanders along between them through the bushes. It is no more than 20 yards wide and about a foot and a half deep. The water is very cold, and harsh and unpleasant for the men, who are frequently forced to wade and drag the canoes. We traveled 15 miles and camped on the south side.
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