Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact — Patrick Gass: August 16, 1805
The party traveled about 15 miles along a narrow, crooked, and shallow stretch of river marked by rapid water. One of the men shot a fine buck during a stop. They passed through an area where hills closed in briefly before opening into a small valley filled with serviceberries, which they named Service-berry Valley. After navigating a quarter-mile rapid, the group made camp on the south side of the river for the night.
while here one of the men went out and killed a fine buck.
We proceeded through rapid water; the river is very narrow,
crooked and shallow. This morning we passed a place where
the hills come close to the river for a short distance, and then
open on each side of a small valley, which, on account of the
great quantity of service berries in it, we called Service-berry
valley. We passed over a rapid of about a quarter of a mile,
and encamped on the South side, having come 15 miles.
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While here, one of the men went out and killed a fine buck. We proceeded through rapid water; the river is very narrow, crooked, and shallow. This morning we passed a place where the hills come close to the river for a short distance, and then open on each side of a small valley, which, on account of the great quantity of serviceberries in it, we called Serviceberry Valley. We passed over a rapid of about a quarter of a mile, and camped on the south side, having come 15 miles.
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