Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: September 30, 1805
The men continued building canoes near the river. Around mid-morning, the member sent to find the horses returned, having recovered one and killed a deer. Gass reported feeling better from his recent illness. In the evening, much of the local war party returned, and several principal men visited camp. Communication was limited to sign language, so their actions remained unclear. The commanding officers presented medals to three or four leaders. Gass also described the river below the fork as about 200 yards wide, crystal-clear, stony-bottomed, and full of excellent salmon.
able were employed in making canoes. About to o’clock the
man came in who had gone to look for the horses, he had
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found one of them and killed a deer. I feel much relieved
from my indisposition.
In the evening the greater part of the war party came in,
and some of the principal men came down to our camp. We
could not understand what they had done, as we could only
converse by signs. Medals were given by the Commanding
Officers to 3 or 4 of them as leading men of their nation; and
they remained about our camp. The river below the fork is
about 200 yards wide; the water is clear as chrystal, from 2 to
5 feet deep, and abounding with salmon of an excellent qual-
ity. The bottom of the river is stony and the banks chiefly
composed of a round hard species of stone.
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Those who were able were employed in making canoes. About 2 o'clock the man came in who had gone to look for the horses; he had found one of them and killed a deer. I feel much relieved from my indisposition.
In the evening the greater part of the war party came in, and some of the principal men came down to our camp. We could not understand what they had done, as we could only converse by signs. Medals were given by the Commanding Officers to 3 or 4 of them as leading men of their nation, and they remained about our camp. The river below the fork is about 200 yards wide; the water is clear as crystal, from 2 to 5 feet deep, and abounding with salmon of an excellent quality. The bottom of the river is stony and the banks are chiefly composed of a round, hard species of stone.
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