Journal entry · July 2, 1806

Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — Patrick Gass: July 2, 1806

Patrick Gass · Travelers' Rest - party splits: Lewis north, Clark south · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

The place today: Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT

was fine and pleasant, fixing our loading and making other
arrangements for our separation. One of our hunters went
out and killed two deer. The musquitoes are very trouble-
some at this place.
254 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
CHAP. XXIII.

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