Lolo Creek, MT After looking for two stray horses, the expedition finally heads up the Indian trail following Travelers’ Rest Creek (present Lolo Creek). They stay at an Indian campsite where Indians have stripped bark from ponderosa pine trees to gather food.
Lolo Peak
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Lolo Creek
we Proceeded on up the Creek on the right Side thro a narrow valie and good road for 7 miles and Encamped at Some old Indian Lodges, nothing killed this evening hills on the right high & ruged, the mountains on the left high & Covered with Snow. The day Verry worm
—William Clark
Travelers’ Rest Creek (Lolo Creek)
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Painted Tree
passed a tree on which was a nomber of Shapes drawn on it with paint by the natives. a white bear Skin hung on the Same tree. we Suppose this to be a place of worship among them.
—Joseph Whitehouse
Peeled Trees
the pine trees pealed as far up as a man could reach. we Suppose that the natives done it to git the enside beark to mix with their dryed fruit to Eat.
—Joseph Whitehouse
Weather Diary
Weather at rise
Wind at Weather at 4 P.M. Wind at 4 P.M. fair N W fair N W —Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column and spelled out some abbreviations.
Travelers’ Rest is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site, managed by the Travelers’ Rest Preservation & Heritage Association, is a Montana State Park with interpretive trail and a visitor center.
Notes
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