Patrick Gass: November 7, 1805
The party traveled about six miles to an Indian camp where they obtained fresh fish and dogs. Gass observed that the women here dressed differently from those upriver, wearing a long fringed skirt of soft bark tied at the waist and a small robe woven from skin thongs resembling carpeting. After a two-hour stop, they continued on. The river widened to three miles with scattered islands and broken country, later expanding to five miles across. They covered 34 miles total and camped on the south side at the mouth of a spring.
went about 6 miles and came to an Indian camp, where we got
some fresh fish and dogs. The dress of the squaws here is
different from that of those up the river; it consists of a long
fringe made of soft bark, which they tie round the waist, and
which comes down almost to their knees; and of a small robe,
made out of small skins cut into thongs and wove somewhat
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like carpeting. We remained here about two hours and then
proceeded on. At this place the river is about three miles
wide, with a number of small islands, and the country broken.
In the evening we came to a part of the river, where it is 5
miles broad. We went 34 miles and encamped on the south
side at the mouth of a fine spring.
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We went about 6 miles and came to an Indian camp, where we got some fresh fish and dogs. The dress of the squaws here is different from that of those up the river; it consists of a long fringe made of soft bark, which they tie round the waist, and which comes down almost to their knees; and of a small robe, made out of small skins cut into thongs and woven somewhat like carpeting. We remained here about two hours and then proceeded on.
At this place the river is about three miles wide, with a number of small islands, and the country broken. In the evening we came to a part of the river where it is 5 miles broad. We went 34 miles and camped on the south side at the mouth of a fine spring.
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