Journal entry · May 12, 1806
Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — Patrick Gass: May 12, 1806
Patrick Gass · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Clearwater to Snake River
here also to-day. The natives in the course of the day gave
us four horses, one of which we killed to eat. We also got
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bread made of roots, which the natives call Co-was, and sweet
roots which they call Com-mas. In the afternoon they brought
three more of our old stock of horses.*
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The NPS atlas for this night
4 mi west of Kamiah, ID
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of May 10 to May 12, 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
Clearwater to Snake River in 360°
10 frames across 1.7 mi of the route around this location
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