Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — Patrick Gass: July 2, 1806
On this fine, pleasant day the expedition party prepared their gear and finalized arrangements for the planned separation of the corps into smaller detachments. One of the hunters went out and brought back two deer for the group. The men were plagued by very troublesome mosquitoes at their camp. The brief entry reflects a day focused on logistics and provisioning rather than travel, as the captains readied their men to split up and explore different routes on the return journey east.
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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The day was fine and pleasant, and we spent it fixing our loads and making other arrangements for our separation. One of our hunters went out and killed two deer. The mosquitoes are very troublesome at this place.
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