Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains — Patrick Gass: September 14, 1805
The party gathered their horses to continue traveling, but one was missing. While waiting, Captain Lewis took a meridian latitude reading of 46°48'28" north. The bottomlands held abundant cherries, and the surrounding mountains were lower than those previously crossed. The missing horse was located at 4 p.m., after which the group resumed travel, heading roughly west up the creek through small bottoms for about six miles before making camp. The hunters returned empty-handed. The country was described as poor and mountainous.
out to collect our horses, in order to renew our journey, and
found all but one. Captain Lewis had a meridian latitude that
gave 46° 48 28 8. north latitude. In the bottoms here, there
are a great quantity of cherries. The mountains are not so
high, as at some distance back. At 4 o’clock in the afterncon
the horse was found, and we proceeded on up the creek
nearly a west course, through small bottoms. We went about
6 miles and encamped; when our hunters came in but had
killed nothing. The country is poor and mountainous.
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We went out to collect our horses, in order to resume our journey, and found all but one. Captain Lewis took a meridian latitude reading that gave 46° 48' 28.8" north latitude. In the bottoms here, there are a great quantity of cherries. The mountains are not as high as at some distance back. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon the horse was found, and we proceeded on up the creek, going nearly a west course through small bottoms. We went about 6 miles and camped; our hunters came in but had killed nothing. The country is poor and mountainous.
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