After presenting the woman and girl, who remained seated after
the others had fled, with gifts; Lewis wrote, "...I now painted
their tawny cheeks with some vermillion which with this nation is
emblematic of peace." Lewis made some of his longest journal
entries while visiting the Shoshones here. The big red dot on the
map represents the interpretive kiosk. The red lines represent the
Lewis & Clark Backcountry Byway. They lead to Lehmi Pass.
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