Journal entry · May 18, 1806
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — Patrick Gass: May 18, 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
and ten of the party turned out to hunt. None of the natives
visited us yesterday or to-day; until about 2 o’clock in the
afternoon, when five came that I had not seen before. They
remained about an hour and had some eye water put into
their eyes which were sore; after which they went away, and
an old man and his wife came for some medicine, as the old
woman was sick. In the evening four hunters came in and
had killed nothing, but some grouse.
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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 May 14 to May 31, 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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