Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — Patrick Gass: June 9, 1806
The party gathered all their horses and hobbled them so they could be easily collected the next morning in preparation for the journey ahead. They also traded away some of their mares with young colts, as well as horses that had not fully recovered, exchanging them for sturdier animals better able to endure the strain of crossing the mountains.
all our horses and hoppled them, so that we might get them
easily to-morrow. We also exchanged some mares with young
colts, and some of the horses who had not got quite well, for
others more capable of bearing the fatigue of crossing the
mountains.
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We gathered all our horses and hobbled them, so that we could easily get them tomorrow. We also exchanged some mares with young colts, and some of the horses that had not yet fully recovered, for others more capable of enduring the fatigue of crossing the mountains.
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