A Day’s Halt at Travelers’ Rest and the Flathead Encounter
1805-09-10The Corps spent September 10, 1805 in camp at Travelers' Rest, near present-day Lolo, Montana,…
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Cultural Observations
The place most cited here · 360° today
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
1 of the journal entries and analyses listed below were written there.
Analyses (8)
View allCrossing the Koos-koos-ke: Bears, Horse Surgery, and a Six-Thumbed Trophy
1806-05-14May 14–15, 1806 at Camp Chopunnish on the Koos-koos-ke: four pens on the crossing, bear…
Diet Across the Expedition: A Seasonal Analysis
An earlier version of this page said the diet essay could not be written because…
Six Languages and a Gugling Tongue: Encountering the Flathead Salish at Ross’s Hole
1805-09-05The expedition's encounter with the Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole on September 5, 1805 is…
The Chippewa (Ojibwe) in the Lewis & Clark Record: Named, Not Encountered
No Chippewa (Ojibwe) town sits on the expedition's track. The journals still use the name,…
The Flathead Salish: Allies in the Bitterroot
The Flathead Salish — called "Tushepaws," "Flatheads," or "Ootlashshoots" in the journals — first entered…
The Shawnee Nation in the Lewis & Clark Record
The Corps did not travel through Shawnee towns on the Missouri. The journals still name…
The Yakama Nation in the Lewis & Clark Journals: A Brief Encounter at the Great Confluence
The Yakama (also rendered historically as Yakima) are one of the great Sahaptin-speaking nations of…
