Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — Patrick Gass: August 27, 1805
While encamped along the river, members of the party went out hunting and noted the local vegetation, including flax in the bottomlands and a tall wild sage or hyssop with many branches and leaves, alongside various shrubs. Notably absent were clover and timothy, which had been common along the Missouri and Jefferson rivers. The hunters returned in the evening with only a single fish, so the group obtained more fish from the local natives to eat. They camped at the same spot overnight and received no word from Captain Lewis.
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION — 133
went out to hunt. I observed some flax growing in the bot-
toms on this river, but saw no clover or timothy, as I had seen
on the Missouri and Jefferson river. There is a kind of wild
sage or hyssop, as high as a man’s head, full of branches and
leaves, which grows in these bottoms, with shrubs of different
kinds. In the evening we all came in again, and had killed
nothing but a fish, We got some more from the natives,
which we subsisted on. We lodged here again all night, but
heard nothing from Captain Lewis.
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LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION — 133
went out to hunt. I observed some flax growing in the bottoms along this river, but saw no clover or timothy, as I had seen on the Missouri and Jefferson rivers. There is a kind of wild sage or hyssop, as tall as a man's head, full of branches and leaves, which grows in these bottoms, along with shrubs of different kinds. In the evening we all came back in, having killed nothing but a fish. We got some more from the natives, which we lived on. We lodged here again all night, but heard nothing from Captain Lewis.
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