Journal entry · July 10, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 10, 1805
Patrick Gass · Great Falls Portage · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Great Falls Portage
Captain Clarke thought it would be best to make two canoes
more, if we could get timber large enough. So Captain
Clarke and ten men set out in search of it. Some of the hunt-
ers having seen large timber about 20 miles up the river, the
canoes were sent on loaded, and a party went by land; the
distance that way being only 6 or 7 miles. If timber is found
the canoes are to unload and return for the remainder of the
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION – tog
baggage. Captain Lewis, myself and nine men staid to take
the boat asunder and bury her; and deposited her safely
underground. Captain Lewis had an observation at 12 which
gave 47.3. 10. N. Latitude. In the afternoon I went out to see
if there were any buffaloe near, but found none: they appear
to have all left the river. On the bank of a run where there
are high rocks, I found a great quantity of sweet gooseberries,
all ripe.
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