Jefferson River ascending toward divide — Patrick Gass: August 5, 1805
The party discussed strategy at a river fork, deciding that Gass and one of the interpreters would cross to the west branch and wait there, while Captain Lewis and the other interpreter would head further up the north branch, cross over in search of Indians, and then come back down to rejoin the group. That night the search party returned to camp without having spotted any Native peoples or any fresh signs of their presence.
120 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
be best for me and one of the interpreters to go over to the
west branch, and remain there, until he and the other should
go higher up the north, cross over in search of Indians and
then go down and join us. At night they came to our camp,
but had not seen any of the natives, nor any fresh signs.
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120 GASS'S JOURNAL OF THE
It would be best for me and one of the interpreters to go over to the west branch, and remain there, until he and the other should go higher up the north branch, cross over in search of Indians, and then go down and join us. At night they came to our camp, but had not seen any of the natives, nor any fresh signs.
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