Journal entry · June 3, 1806
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — Patrick Gass: June 3, 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
of rain; and there were some light showers during the fore-
noon at intervals. The river rises in the night and falls in
the day time; which 1s occasioned by the snow melting by the
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION — 241
heat of the sun on the mountains, which are too distant for
the snow water to reach this place until after night. In the
evening three hunters came in with the meat of five deer
and a small bear. Several of the natives continued at our
camp.
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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
Terrain360 · the place today
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt in 360°
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