The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Lewis and Clark
The Great American odyssey
A Condensed Story Of
the Historic Expedi-
ton of 18O4-6
Copyright 1915 BY
Walter Meacham
CHAPTER 10
Over the Lolo Pass

The expedition continued north
to a point a few miles southwest
of the modern Missoula, at the
present Lolo. Camp was made on
Travellers Rest creek on Septem-
Der 9. This is now known as Lolo
creek, a fork Of the Bitterroot:
There they left the river and
turned their faces to the west. AT
a distance of about thirty miles
they crossed the Bitter Roots over
Lolo pass into the present state
of Idaho. Sacajawea bore the
hardships of the trail with equal
courage as the men. She was
a valuable member Of the party,
though not as a guide. Her baby,
Baptists, who Captain Clark called
Little Pomp," was a great favor
tie with the men and helped to
humanize the rigors OF the trail.
After crossing the pass, the par
ty emerged on the present Packer
Meadows and Pack creek, which
Lewis and Clark called Glade
creek. Their Shoshone Indian
guide led them down to the Koos-
kooskie dochsa) river, a mistake
which they avoided on the return
trip. They camped at the mouth
of White Sand creek, which they
called Colt Killed creek, because
they were forced to kill a colt to
satisfy their hunger. Powell Ran
ger station is now located on this
spot.
The climb out of the river can
yon was a hard, dangerous one.
One of the pack-horses slipped
and rolled down a steep declivity.
Forage was so poor and the ami
mails were so thin and weak that
two of them had to be abandoned.
On September Is they made a
cherries camp and killed another
colt for food. Snow was falling,
their moccasins were worn thin
and they were cold and miserable.
The following day, the third and
last colt was killed and eaten.
Captain Clark, with six men,
went ahead in search Of game.
From a high point, probably Sher-
man peak, they sighted an open
grassy country in the distance.
Hurrying on, they, came to a
stream, formed by the present
Obia and Fish creeks, where they
camped. Having nothing to eat,
they frightened their belts and
called the stream Hungry creek.
Lewis and the main party trailed
along, hungry, cold and dispirited.
No doubt they all dreamed Of the
nice, fat, juicy buffalo and elk
steaks they had enjoyed on the
Missouri.
Clark had the good fortune TO
come upon a stray Indian pony,
on which they dined, leaving the
larger portion for Lewis and his
party. Clark continued on, cross
ing the Eldorado and Lolo creek
and, on September 20, came out
on Weippe prairie, where he
found a Chopunnish Nez Perce)
camp. This was near the present
Weippe, Idaho. Two of the head
chiefs being away with a war
party, the explorers were re-
ceived by Chief Twisted Hair.
Lewis and Clark sat in council
with the Indians on September
%, distributed presents and med
ais and explained the purpose of
the expedition. The men enter
tanned with music on the fiddle
and with dancing, a form of en-
tertainment new to the Indians.
They (the Nez Perce) promised
to always live in peace with the
white men, a promise which they
faithfully kept until 1877, when
Chief Joseph went on the war
path for a cause he considered
just.
Go be continueO