Journal entry · August 16, 1805
Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact — Patrick Gass: August 16, 1805
Patrick Gass · Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact
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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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore of Beaverhead River just above Clark Canyon Creek, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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Camp Fortunate / Shoshone contact in 360°
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