Journal entry · June 24, 1805
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 24, 1805
Patrick Gass · Great Falls Portage · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Great Falls Portage
our camp. We found it very difficult to procure stuff for the
boat. The two men which Captain Lewis had left in the
morning came to our camp in the afternoon, but had seen
nothing of the other two hunters. In the evening there was
a very heavy shower of rain; at night the weather cleared up,
and the men arrived with two more canoes. The two hunters
which Capt. Lewis could not find, had killed some buffaloe
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below the mouth of the Medicine river, where one remained,
and the other had gone across to the camp below the falls
again, but had found no elk.
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White Bear Islands Camp, east bank
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of June 18 to June 30, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Great Falls Upper Portage (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Historic Landmark · 1.5 mi
- C.M. Russell Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.8 mi
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