Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 15, 1806
The expedition departed Commas (Quamash) Flats with sixty-six good horses to begin crossing the mountains. They climbed a high, slippery mountain with difficulty, reaching a small prairie where two scouts had killed and hung two deer. Continuing downhill, they met more hunters who had killed a third deer, then stopped at a creek for dinner. The road was rough due to fallen timber, and intermittent rain fell during the morning before the afternoon cleared. They camped in a small glade with ample grass for the horses.
thunder. We left Com-mas flat to attempt to cross the moun-
tains; and had sixty-six horses, all very good. We ascended
a high mountain with a good deal of difficulty, as the path was
very slippery, but got over safe to a small prairie, where the
two men, who had gone on ahead had killed two deer and hung
them up. We took the meat, proceeded down the hill and
found the hunters who had killed another deer. We halted
at a creek and took dinner; then proceeded over a very diffi-
cult road on account of the fallen timber. We had rain at
intervals during the forenoon, but the afternoon was clear.
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION — 245
We encamped ina small glade where there was plenty of grass
for the horses.
Read this entry in modern English AI-translated
Thunder. We left Com-mas flat to attempt to cross the mountains, and had sixty-six horses, all very good. We climbed a high mountain with a good deal of difficulty, as the path was very slippery, but got over safely to a small prairie, where the two men who had gone on ahead had killed two deer and hung them up. We took the meat, proceeded down the hill, and found the hunters, who had killed another deer. We halted at a creek and took dinner, then continued over a very difficult road on account of the fallen timber. We had rain at intervals during the forenoon, but the afternoon was clear.
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION — 245
We camped in a small glade where there was plenty of grass for the horses.
This modernization is AI-generated for accessibility. The original above is the authoritative version.
Entities mentioned in this entry
Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.
