Journal entry · August 15, 1805
Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact — Patrick Gass: August 15, 1805
Patrick Gass · Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
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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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore of Beaverhead River at mouth Gallagher Creek, MT
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