Patrick Gass: October 30, 1806
On a frosty morning, hunters went out and returned by noon with two deer. The party described their camp: a plain of about two thousand acres ringed with pine and rich in service-berry, gooseberry, and strawberry vines. Several men set out to camp overnight for hunting, and one went back to retrieve a horse left at the previous camp. The natives departed, leaving the party alone. The entry also notes local wildlife, including ground squirrels, magpies, and an unfamiliar black woodpecker species.
some white frost. Several’of |
hunt; and returned at noon.
and two deer. In) this” pla
strawberry vines I ever saw, and ne
_ This plain contains about two thou
surrounded with beautiful pine ‘timber
kinds. The soil‘is very good 3 the popes eey among
the timber chiefly service-berry and gt ooseberry
bushes. In the evening several of the men ‘started,
with an intention of encamping out to hunt; and
one went back to our late’ eamp to look for the’horse,
which had been left behind. The natives all left us.
-.. and we remained in quietness | ‘by ourselvess
* Thursday 2*h, We had ‘a fine lovely ‘morning
with a heavy dew. I went out with some of the party
‘to hunt; about 8 o’clock the musquitoes bécame
very troublesome 5 and at 10 we all came in without |
any success. About the same time the ‘man, who
had gone back for the horse returned with him. .A-
‘bout an hour after four bunters, who had been out
during 1 the night came in; three of them had been
without success, but the other brought ‘in two deer.
Le here are a good many deer here, and some bears, —
ut they are very wild, as they” are much ‘pursued by
‘natives. There is no game of any other kind,
except squirrels and some other small anitnals. The
‘ial squirrels are about the: size of ‘our ‘common grey
si squirrels, and very handsome. They are of.a brown
grey. colour, beautifully ‘speckled with’ ‘small brown
ats, and burrow in the. ground. We killed several
them since We came to this camp. ‘The magpie
a ie plenty here, and anateeigac” of a diff
| Rind from any T had before seen.’ They at
_ the size of a common red-headed woodpeck
pena are all black except the belly and Bc 2
aft a
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ing extends: to soshort adistance onthe fea-
at a distance the bird looks, wholly black. saa
e of. the. natives came to our camp, 2 as
that were, out, returned |
evening some hunters Bo
| | stay all va fx. the Indian
camp | said he hada t *
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: Sih. There was a fine Wega 3 oe ae
‘ two went out. The Indian exchange ie
: vith one of our men, whose horse chad hom.
ea covered, and was unable to cross the mo un tains 5 – ae
3 and then went home to the village. – At noon two of |
eur men took their loads. and went on ahead. about — .
eight, miles toa ‘small prairie to hunt until we should a
come up. During the afternoon the men who went 2
out. ‘yesterday. to bunt returned with eight deer. In es 8h
ae evening the weather became cloudy. The mus- oe
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Some white frost. Several of the party went out to hunt and returned at noon with two deer. In this place are the largest strawberry vines I ever saw, and very numerous. This plain contains about two thousand acres, surrounded with beautiful pine timber of different kinds. The soil is very good; the undergrowth among the timber is chiefly serviceberry and gooseberry bushes. In the evening several of the men started, with an intention of camping out to hunt; and one went back to our late camp to look for the horse, which had been left behind. The natives all left us, and we remained in quietness by ourselves.
Thursday 2nd. We had a fine lovely morning with a heavy dew. I went out with some of the party to hunt; about 8 o'clock the mosquitoes became very troublesome, and at 10 we all came in without any success. About the same time the man, who had gone back for the horse, returned with him. About an hour after, four hunters who had been out during the night came in; three of them had been without success, but the other brought in two deer. There are a good many deer here, and some bears, but they are very wild, as they are much pursued by the natives. There is no game of any other kind, except squirrels and some other small animals. The squirrels are about the size of our common grey squirrels, and very handsome. They are of a brown grey color, beautifully speckled with small brown spots, and burrow in the ground. We killed several of them since we came to this camp. The magpie is plenty here, and a woodpecker of a different kind from any I had before seen. They are about the size of a common red-headed woodpecker, and are all black except the belly and neck. Some of the feathers are tipped with a reddish color, but the tipping extends to such a short distance on the feathers that at a distance the bird looks wholly black.
Some of the natives came to our camp, and in the evening some hunters that were out returned. One of the Indians said he had to stay all night.
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5th. There was a fine morning, and two went out. The Indian exchanged horses with one of our men, whose horse had been recovered, and was unable to cross the mountains; and then went home to the village. At noon two of our men took their loads and went on ahead about eight miles to a small prairie to hunt until we should come up. During the afternoon the men who went out yesterday to hunt returned with eight deer. In the evening the weather became cloudy. The mosquitoes are very troublesome.
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