Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — Patrick Gass: June 19, 1806
The party decided to remain in camp all day to let their horses rest and feed. Around 10 a.m., the hunters returned with a deer, while two men attempted to spear fish with a gig. At noon, the two men left behind at Hungry Creek to search for missing horses arrived without finding them, accompanied by two hunters from the previous day's dining spot who had killed two deer. By evening, one of the large fish was caught and identified as a salmon-trout.
went out and we agreed to stay here all day that our horses
might rest and feed. At 10 o’clock our hunters came in and
had killed a deer. Two men are trying to take some of the
fish with a gig. At noon the two men who had been left at
Hungry creek to look for the horses came up, but had not
found them; and with them the two hunters, who were left at
the place we dined yesterday, and had killed two deer. In the
evening one of the large fish was caught, which we found to
be a salmon-trout.
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went out, and we agreed to stay here all day so that our horses could rest and feed. At 10 o'clock our hunters came in, having killed a deer. Two men are trying to catch some of the fish with a gig. At noon the two men who had been left at Hungry Creek to look for the horses came up, but had not found them; and with them came the two hunters who were left at the place we dined yesterday, having killed two deer. In the evening one of the large fish was caught, which we found to be a salmon-trout.
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