Agaidika

Agaidika country follows Idaho's Lemhi valley and the upper Salmon River among the Rocky Mountains. The name means “salmon eaters,” reflecting the importance of fishing to these Northern Shoshone communities. People also gathered roots and berries and traveled to hunt buffalo, drawing on resources from different parts of the region. In 1805 the Lewis and Clark expedition met a Shoshone community led by Cameahwait. They traded for horses and received help from Shoshone guides in crossing the mountains. The expedition's journals also describe families catching and drying fish and gathering plants: an outside record of a way of life that long preceded the visitors.