Journal entry · June 2, 1806
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — Patrick Gass: June 2, 1806
Patrick Gass · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
went out to hunt. About noon three men who had gone over
to Lewis’s river, about two and an half days’ journey distance,
to get some fish, returned with a few very good salmon, and
some roots which they bought at the different villages of the
natives, which they passed. One of these men got two Span-
ish dollars from an Indian for an old razor. They said they
got the dollars from about a Snake Indian’s neck, they had
killed some time ago. There are several dollars among these
people which they get in some way. We suppose the Snake
Indians, some of whom do not live very far from New Mexico
get them from the Spaniards in that quarter. The Snake
Indians also get horses from the Spaniards. The men had a
very disagreeable trip as the roads were mountainous and
slippery. They saw a number of deer, and of the Ibex or
big-horn.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Camp Chopunnish,east (right) side Clearwater River, Kamiah, ID
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of June 1 to June 9, 1806
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt in 360°
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