Patrick Gass: August 17, 1805
After two miles of travel, the party encountered Snake (Shoshone) Indians on the south bank of the river, who had come with Captain Lewis from the waters of the Columbia. The group pushed on another two miles with great difficulty, dragging the shallow-running canoes one at a time, before halting at the river's forks to camp. About twenty natives arrived with twenty horses. The men unloaded the canoes and held a council, arranging to borrow horses to haul their baggage roughly 40 miles overland to the Columbia.
2 miles, and discovered a number of the natives, of the Snake
nation, coming along the bank on the South side. Captain
Lewis had been as far as the waters of the Columbia river and
met them there. We continued on about two miles further to
a place where the river forks, and there halted and encamped,
after much fatigue and difficulty. The water is so shallow
that we had to drag the canoes, one at a time, almost all the
way. The distance across from this place to the waters of the
Columbia river is about 40 miles, and the road or way said to
be good. There were about 20 of the natives came over with
Captain Lewis and had the same number of horses. Here we
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unloaded the canoes, and had a talk with the Indians; and
agreed with them that they should lend us some of their
horses to carry our baggage to the Columbia river.
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We went 2 miles and discovered a number of the natives of the Snake nation coming along the bank on the south side. Captain Lewis (Capt. Lewis) had been as far as the waters of the Columbia river and met them there. We continued on about two miles further to a place where the river forks, and there halted and camped, after much fatigue and difficulty. The water is so shallow that we had to drag the canoes, one at a time, almost all the way. The distance across from this place to the waters of the Columbia river is about 40 miles, and the road or way is said to be good. About 20 of the natives came over with Captain Lewis, and they had the same number of horses. Here we unloaded the canoes and had a talk with the Indians, and agreed with them that they should lend us some of their horses to carry our baggage to the Columbia river.
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