Journal entry · September 8, 1805
Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross’s Hole — Patrick Gass: September 8, 1805
Patrick Gass · Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole
frost. The Indian dogs are so hungry and ravenous, that they
eat 4 or § pair of our mockasons last night. We remained
here all day, and recruited our horses to 40 and 3 colts; and
made 4 or § of this nation of Indians chiefs. They are a very
friendly people; have plenty of robes and skins for covering,
and a large stock of horses, some of which are very good;
but they have nothing to eat, but berries, roots and such
articles of food. This band is on its way over to the Mis-
souri or Yellow-stone river to hunt buffaloe. They are the
whitest Indians I ever saw.
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The NPS atlas for this night
east side of Bitterroot River, 2½ mi south of Stevensville, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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