Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT
Recorded by William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, Joseph Whitehouse, John Ordway, Patrick Gass
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The journal entries written here
September 1805
Sep 9
Clark: September 9, 1805
William Clark
“September 9th Monday 1805 a fair morning Set out early and proceeded on thro a plain as yesterday down the valley Crossed…”
Sep 9
Lewis: September 9, 1805
Meriwether Lewis
“Monday September 9th 1805. Set out at 7 A M. this morning and proceeded down the Flathead river leaving it on our…”
Sep 9
Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — Joseph Whitehouse: September 9, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse
“a cloudy cold morning, wind from the N. W. we Set out as usal, and proceeded on down the valley. Smooth pleasant…”
Sep 9
Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — John Ordway: September 9, 1805
John Ordway
“ble] and proceeded on down the valley the plains continue crossed Several creeks a little cotton and pine timber along the banks…”
Sep 9
Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — Patrick Gass: September 9, 1805
Patrick Gass
“our horses, that were fatigued, with the natives; about 12 o’clock some rain fell; and we prepared to move on. At 1…”
Sep 10
Clark: September 10, 1805
William Clark
“September 10th Tuesday 1805 A fair morning Concluded to Delay to day and make Some observations, as at this place the rout…”
Sep 10
Lewis: September 10, 1805
Meriwether Lewis
“Tuesday September 10th 1805. The morning being fair I sent out all the hunters, and directed two of them to procede down…”
Sep 10
Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — Joseph Whitehouse: September 10, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse
“a clear pleasant morning. not So cold as usal. as our road leads over a mountain to our left, we conclu[de] our…”
Sep 10
Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — John Ordway: September 10, 1805
John Ordway
“here to wrest and hunt, all the best hunters turned out to hunt, the day warm, towards evening the hunters returned had…”
Sep 10
Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — Patrick Gass: September 10, 1805
Patrick Gass
“and our hunters went on as usual. We proceeded down the creek, and in our way we were met by a hunter,…”
Sep 11
Clark: September 11, 1805
William Clark
“September 11th Wednesday 1805 A fair morning wind from the N W we Set out at 3 oClock and proceeded on up…”
Sep 11
Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — John Ordway: September 11, 1805
John Ordway
“out to look up our horses, the Latitude at this place is 46° 48' 288 i North, we did not find all…”
Sep 11
Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — Patrick Gass: September 11, 1805
Patrick Gass
“over some beautiful plains. One of our hunters had remained out all night, at noon we halted and they all came in,…”
Sep 11
Travelers’ Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — Joseph Whitehouse: September 11, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse
“a beautiful pleasant morning. we went out to hunt up our horses, but they were So Scattered that we could not find…”
June 1806
Jun 30
Clark: June 30, 1806
William Clark
“Monday June 30th 1806 We dispatched Drewyer & Jo. Field early this morning ahead to hunt. just as we had prepard. to…”
Jun 30
Lewis: June 30, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Monday June 30th 1806. We dispatched Drewyer and J. Fields early this morning to hunt on the road and indeavour to obtain…”
Jun 30
Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — John Ordway: June 30, 1806
John Ordway
“as usal R. Fields killed a deer near the hot Springs in Scite of the Camp, two hunters went on a head,…”
Jun 30
Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — Patrick Gass: June 30, 1806
Patrick Gass
“fine morning. When we were ready to set out we saw a deer coming to a lick at the hot spring, and…”
July 1806
Jul 1
Clark: July 1, 1806
William Clark
“Tuesday July 1st 1806 on Clark's river We Sent out all the hunters very early this morning by 12 OClock they all…”
Jul 1
Lewis: July 1, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Tuesday July 1st 1806. This morning early we sent out all our hunters. set Sheilds at work to repair some of our…”
Jul 1
Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — John Ordway: July 1, 1806
John Ordway
“eairly a hunting they all returned by noon had killed in all twelve deer & Some of them large fat bucks, in…”
Jul 1
Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — Patrick Gass: July 1, 1806
Patrick Gass
“mained here to rest ourselves and horses after the severe fatigue of coming over the mountains, and some hunters went out. The…”
Jul 2
Clark: July 2, 1806
William Clark
“Wednesday July 2nd 1806 Sent out 2 hunters this morning and they killed 2 Deer. the Musquetors has been So troublesom day…”
Jul 2
Lewis: July 2, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Wednesday July 2ed 1806. We sent out the hunters early this morning, they returned not so succesfull as yesterday having killed 2…”
Jul 2
Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — John Ordway: July 2, 1806
John Ordway
“men went out a hunting, about 10 A. M. Collins Came in had killed one deer. Cap* Lewis Called for 6 vollunteers…”
Jul 2
Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — Patrick Gass: July 2, 1806
Patrick Gass
“was fine and pleasant, fixing our loading and making other arrangements for our separation. One of our hunters went out and killed…”
Jul 3
Clark: July 3, 1806
William Clark
“Thursday July 3rd 1806 we colected our horses and after brackfast I took My leave of Capt Lewis and the indians and…”
Jul 3
Lewis: July 3, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Thursday July 3rd 1806. All arrangements being now compleated for carrying into effect the several scheemes we had planed for execution on…”
Jul 3
Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — John Ordway: July 3, 1806
John Ordway
“ties Set out about one time. Capts Lewis & Clark parted here with their parties & proceed on I with Cap* Clark…”
Jul 3
Travelers’ Rest – party splits: Lewis north, Clark south — Patrick Gass: July 3, 1806
Patrick Gass
“our horses and set out. Captain Lewis and his party went down Clarke's river, and Captain Clarke with the rest of the…”
Jul 4
Lewis: July 4, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“July 4th 1806. An Indian arrived alone from the West side of the mountains. he had pursued and overtook us here. sent…”
Jul 4
Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — Patrick Gass: July 4, 1806
Patrick Gass
“*The route taken by Captain Lewis and his party is the direct road to the falls of the Missouri, mentioned in Captain…”
Analyses set at this place
September 9, 1805 Travelers’ Rest: A Pause Before the Bitterroots
September 10, 1805 A Day’s Halt at Travelers’ Rest and the Flathead Encounter
September 11, 1805 Painted Tree, Peeled Pines: Four Views from Travelers’ Rest Creek
June 30, 1806 Four Pens at Travelers’ Rest: Convergence and Divergence on the Eve of Separation
July 1, 1806 Four Pens at Travelers’ Rest: Dividing the Corps for the Homeward Reconnaissance
July 2, 1806 Four Pens at Travelers’ Rest: Preparing the Great Division
July 3, 1806 Parting at Travelers’ Rest: Four Voices on a Pivotal Division
July 4, 1806 Parting at Travelers’ Rest: Four Voices on a Divided Fourth of July
