Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — Patrick Gass: May 20, 1806

more of our hunters came in, but had killed nothing. It con-
tinued raining till about noon, when we had fair weather with
some sunshine. The hunters said it also snowed on the hills
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to-day, where they were hunting, while it rained at our camp.
About 2 o’clock in the afternoon, another hunter came in and
brought a deer that he had killed. In the afternoon four of
our hunters again went out. In the evening there were some
light showers.
WF ednesday 21st. There was a cloudy morning. Two more
hunters went out; and some men set about making a canoe
to fish in, when the salmon come up, as we do not expect to
leave this place before the middle of June. To-day we made
a small lodge of poles and covered it with grass, for Captain
Lewis and Captain Clarke, as their tent is not sufficient to
defend them from the rain. At 10 0’clock the weather became
clear, and in the evening, was cold.