Journal entry · October 15, 1805
Patrick Gass: October 15, 1805
Patrick Gass · Confluence of Snake and Columbia, Washington · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore, Fishhook Rapids, WA
a fine morning. Having travelled 2 miles we reached the
mountains which are very steep ; but the road over them
pretty good, as it is much travelled by the natives, who come
across to the Flathead river to gather cherries and berries.
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 141
Our hunters in a short time killed 4 deer. At noon we halted
at a branch of the creek, on the banks of which are a number
of strawberry vines, haws and service berry bushes. At 2 we
proceeded on over a large mountain, where there is no water,
and we could find no place to encamp until late at night, when
we arrived at a small branch, and encamped by it, in a very
inconvenient place, having come 23 miles.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, Fishhook Rapids, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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