Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — Patrick Gass: July 6, 1806
After a frosty morning, the party set out early across plains dotted with serviceberries and flax. About seven miles in, they forded a 40-yard-wide northern branch of the Co-qual-la-isquet, its rapid current reaching their horses' mid-ribs. They passed a small lake, then halted for dinner in a brushy valley where two hunters rejoined them with a deer. Cottonwoods grew thick and mosquitoes were bothersome. Continuing past streams and old Indian lodges into a widening plain, they camped by a creek after covering 25 miles. Hunters killed four deer total.
frost, and renewed our journey early; saw a great many serv-
ice berries, not yet ripe, and some flax which grows on these
plains. Having gone about seven miles we crossed a north
branch of the Co-qual-la-isquet, which is 40 yards wide and
was mid-rib deep on our horses, with a rapid current. About
seven miles up the valley we passed a beautiful small lake;
where the river and road leaves the valley, and bears towards
the northeast between two hills not very large. We kept up
the river, through a small brushy valley about the eighth of a
mile wide, for a mile and an half, and then halted for dinner.
Here our two hunters came to us, and had killed a deer. We
keep two men out every day hunting. In this small valley
there is a considerable quantity of cotton wood timber; and
the musquitoes are very troublesome. At 1 o’clock we pro-
ceeded on, passed a number of handsome streams which fall
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into the river, and a number of old Indian lodges. As we
advance the valley becomes more extensive, and is all plain.
At night we encamped on a beautiful creek, having travelled
twenty-five miles. Our hunters killed four deer to day.
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There was frost, and we resumed our journey early. We saw a great many serviceberries, not yet ripe, and some flax which grows on these plains. After going about seven miles, we crossed a north branch of the Co-qual-la-isquet, which is 40 yards wide and was mid-rib deep on our horses, with a rapid current. About seven miles up the valley we passed a beautiful small lake, where the river and road leave the valley and bear toward the northeast between two hills, not very large. We kept up the river, through a small brushy valley about an eighth of a mile wide, for a mile and a half, and then stopped for dinner. Here our two hunters came to us, having killed a deer. We keep two men out every day hunting. In this small valley there is a considerable quantity of cottonwood timber, and the mosquitoes are very troublesome.
At 1 o'clock we proceeded on, passed a number of handsome streams which fall into the river, and a number of old Indian lodges. As we advance, the valley becomes more extensive and is all plain. At night we camped on a beautiful creek, having traveled twenty-five miles. Our hunters killed four deer today.
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