Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — Patrick Gass: June 20, 1806
On a fine day at camp, hunters set out for game while the party fished for salmon-trout. One hunter returned by 9 o'clock with a brown bear, and others came in by evening having taken a single deer. Mosquitoes and gnats were a constant nuisance. The next day the group gathered the horses to head back to Com-mas flat, meeting two young Indians along the way who planned to cross the mountains with them. Gass and two men stayed behind at a creek to hunt, killing another deer that evening. A valuable horse was injured and left behind.
the salmon-trout; and some hunters went out. About 9
o’clock one of them returned and had killed a brown-bear.
The musquitoes and gnats are very troublesome. In the
evening the other hunters came in and had killed only one
deer.
248 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
CHAP. XXII.
ATURDAY 2151. We had again a fine morning; and we
S collected our horses in order to return to the Com-mas
flat. We proceeded on to a creek, where we met two young
Indians, who said they were come to go over the mountains
with us. We halted here for dinner; after which, all our party
proceeded on to Com-mas flat, except myself and two men
who remained here to hunt. We wish to kill as much meat as
will serve the party, until we get back where our loading was
left, as we have plenty of roots there to serve us over the
mountains. One of our best horses got snagged to day, and
was left here. The two Indians remained with us, and in the
evening one of the men killed a deer.
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the salmon-trout; and some hunters went out. About 9 o'clock one of them returned, having killed a brown bear. The mosquitoes and gnats are very troublesome. In the evening the other hunters came in, having killed only one deer.
248 GASS'S JOURNAL OF THE
CHAPTER XXII.
SATURDAY 21st. We had another fine morning, and we gathered our horses in order to return to the Com-mas flat. We proceeded on to a creek, where we met two young Indians, who said they had come to go over the mountains with us. We halted here for dinner; after which, all our party proceeded on to Com-mas flat, except myself and two men who remained here to hunt. We want to kill as much meat as will serve the party until we get back to where our loading was left, since we have plenty of roots there to serve us over the mountains. One of our best horses got snagged today and was left here. The two Indians remained with us, and in the evening one of the men killed a deer.
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