Seeking guides and diplomats
At Long Camp near Kamiah, Idaho, Lewis fails to secure Nez Perce guides to take him to the Falls of the Missouri. Clark seeks guides to take him to the Yellowstone River. Along the way, he hopes the Nez Perce can make a peace treaty with the Shoshones.
Managing horses
At Long Camp in present Kamiah, Idaho, a horse corral is made, and Lewis’s suffering horse must be shot. Sgt. Ordway brings 17 tainted salmon from the Snake River, Pvt. McNeal and York return from trading with the Nez Perce, and George Drouillard returns with Sgt. Floyd’s old tomahawk.
Lewis's woodpecker
At Long Camp, Lewis begins his twelve-day treatise on natural history. Today, he describes the Columbian ground squirrel and Lewis’s woodpecker, both new to science. Sgt. Ordway and two others leave for the Snake River to buy salmon, and a Nez Perce chief says the expedition can use any of his horses for food. Young Jean Baptiste continues to improve.
A South Fork village
At Long Camp, Jean Baptiste’s abscess improves, and the canoe-builders finish their dugout. Brothers Joseph and Reubin Field return from a village on the South Fork Clearwater River with a large quantity of cous bread and root, and plans are made to trade for more. Some Nez Perce give them a horse to eat.
Establishing Long Camp
Nez Perce People help ferry the expedition’s gear, horses, and personnel across the Clearwater River at Kamiah in present Idaho. Broken Arm (Tunnachemootoolt) and Red Grizzly Bear (Xàxaac `ilpilp) show the captains how they castrate horses, and the captains give the latter a grizzly bear claw necklace.
Nez Perce manner and dress
The expedition moves a few miles from Lawyer Canyon to the Clearwater River in present Kamiah, Idaho. Lewis describes in detail the manner, appearance, dress, ornamentation, and hairstyles of the Nez Perce.
Swallowing objections
At Lawyer Creek near Kamiah, Idaho, the Nez Perce chiefs share what they heard at yesterday’s council and the People are told to swallow their objections with their mush. The captains then give a gun and ammunition to Walammottinin, Twisted Hair, as payment for watching their horses the previous winter. They also form a plan for crossing the Bitterroot Mountains.
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