Needle and thread grass

Jun 28 1805

Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 28, 1805

...h Side. passed livel Smoth large plains, on each Side. high grass in places & fine Short grass in general. considerable of good flax now going to Seed. the thissels ...

Jul 14 1805

Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: July 14, 1805

...w. The country around is composed of dry plains, with short grass. We passed two small creeks, one on each side of the river ; made 26 miles; and encamped on the nor...

Sep 7 1805

Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole — Patrick Gass: September 7, 1805

...the names of which I am unacquainted. There is also timothy grass growing in it; and neither the valley nor the hills are so thickly timbered, as the mountains we ha...

Feb 20 1806

Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 20, 1806

...ith hats to trade. They are made of the cedar bark and silk grass, look hand- some and keep out the rain. But little rain fell to day, and in the evening we turned o...

Mar 26 1806

Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — Patrick Gass: March 26, 1806

...awa great many flowers full blown of different colours: and grass and other herbage growing fast: I saw nettles two feet high of this spring’s growth.

Mar 28 1806

Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — Patrick Gass: March 28, 1806

...er place; they appeared almost as numerous as the blades of grass; and are a species of Garter snake. When our men went for the deer, they found that the fowls had d...

Apr 16 1806

Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — Patrick Gass: April 16, 1806

...the water. There was not a spot round the houses, free from grass, that was not alive, as it were, with this vermin.”’ M‘Kenzie. 216 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE fa...

Apr 30 1806

Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — Patrick Gass: April 30, 1806

...le of this plain is of a sandy surface and affords but thin grass, with some branches of shrubs which resemble sage or hyssop. On the south side of this branch the s...

May 6 1806

Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — Patrick Gass: May 6, 1806

...ns for a moon and an half; as the snow was too deep, and no grass for our horses to subsist on. We have the mountains in view from this place, all covered white with...

May 14 1806

Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — Patrick Gass: May 14, 1806

...f. So two men were dispatched with him to bring in ing; the grass was verdant, and the wild fruits ripe around it. But here the snow was not yet dissolved, the groun...

May 15 1806

Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — Patrick Gass: May 15, 1806

...e hovels, and others had to make frames and cover them with grass. Around our camp the plains have the appearance of a mea- dow before it is mowed, and affords abund...

May 20 1806

Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — Patrick Gass: May 20, 1806

.... To-day we made a small lodge of poles and covered it with grass, for Captain Lewis and Captain Clarke, as their tent is not sufficient to defend them from the rain...

May 21 1806

Clark: May 21, 1806

... we have a small half circular place made and Covered with grass which makes a very Secure Shelter for us to Sleep under. We devided our Store of merchindize among...

Jun 15 1806

Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 15, 1806

Jun 16 1806

Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow — Patrick Gass: June 16, 1806

...halted for dinner at a handsome stream where there was some grass for our horses; and in about two hours proceeded on again, and had some rain. In the afternoon we f...