Following the trail you will encounter Full Stomach Camp, Salmon Trout Camp, and Small Prairie Camp.<br><br>Journal entry September 20, 1805 for Full Stomach Camp. Lewis and his men bedded down this night with full stomachs
following days of difficult travel with little food. Lewis wrote, “we
encamped on a ridge where ther was but little grass for our horses, and
at a distance from water. however we obtained as much as served our
culinary purposes and suped on our beef.”<br><br>Journal Entry June 18, 1806 for Salmon Trout Camp. The expedition camped and rested here for three days. Lewis
wrote, “we proceeded on to Collin’s Creek [today called Eldorado
Creek] and encamped in a pleasant situation at the upper part of the
meadows about 2 ms. above our encampment of the 15th [of
September 1805]. we sent out several hunters but they returned
without having killed anything. they saw a number of salmon in the
creek and shot at them several times without success. we directed
Colter and Gibson to fix each of them a gigg in the morning and
indevour to take some of the salmon.” (*Salmon trout are steelhead.)
<br><br>Journal Entry June 15, 1806 for Small Prairie Camp. The expedition set out from Weippe in a hard rain. Lewis wrote,
“the road which was very Sliprey, and it was with great dificulty that
the loaded horses Could assend the hills and Mountains. . . . incamped
near a small prarie in the bottom land. the fallen timber in addition to the slippry roads made our march slow and extreemly laborious on
our horses. the country is exceedingly thickly timbered with long
leafed pine, some pitch pine, larch, white pine, white cedar or arborvita
of large size, and a variety of firs.”<br><br>Credit to: <a href="http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf" target="" rel="">http://npshistory.com/publications/usfs/region/1/nez-perce/lewis-clark-lolo-trail.pdf</a>
iNaturalist Observations
