Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — Patrick Gass: May 31, 1806
On a dewy day at camp, hunters set out with two horses to retrieve venison while two men crossed the river to visit nearby villages. Around midday, the men shot a deer they spotted swimming across the river. Their large canoe remained submerged on the far bank, leaving only a small Indian canoe for crossings. The men returned from the village with some natives and one of the party's old horses, reportedly the last not taken by the old Snake guide. Cloudy evening weather brought rain, thunder, and lightning, and the hunters returned with venison.
dew. The hunters went out with two horses for the venison;
and two men went over the river to the villages. About noon
a deer was seen swimming the river and some of our men
killed it. Our canoe still lies under water at the opposite
shore, but we have a small Indian canoe, that serves to cross
in. In the afternoon the two men came from the village with
some of the natives, and one of our old stock of horses, which
is the last, except the two which they assure us the old Snake
guide took. In the evening the weather became cloudy, and
we had some rain with sharp thunder and lightning. The
two hunters came in with the venison.
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Dew. The hunters went out with two horses to fetch the venison, and two men went across the river to the villages. About noon a deer was seen swimming across the river, and some of our men killed it. Our canoe still lies under water at the opposite shore, but we have a small Indian canoe that serves to cross in.
In the afternoon the two men came back from the village with some of the natives, and one of our old stock of horses, which is the last, except for the two that they assure us the old Snake guide took. In the evening the weather became cloudy, and we had some rain with sharp thunder and lightning. The two hunters came in with the venison.
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