Portage

Cultural · mentioned in 28 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
2 mentions via 2 variants: portage (1) · Portage (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Discovery of the Great Falls of the Missouri
Jun 13, 1805 · Great Falls, Montana
"18-mile portage around five cascades" — transcribed as portage
Clark: June 14, 1805
William Clark · Jun 14, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"planned around the falls" — transcribed as portage
Lewis: June 15, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 15, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"planned around the falls" — transcribed as portage
Clark: June 16, 1805
William Clark · Jun 16, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"selecting route for canoe portage" — transcribed as portage
Lewis: June 16, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 16, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"planned around Great Falls of Missouri" — transcribed as portage
Lewis: June 17, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 17, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"surveying portage around the falls" — transcribed as portage
Clark: June 19, 1805
William Clark · Jun 19, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"examining best ground for portage route" — transcribed as portage
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 20, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Jun 20, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"camp at commencement of carrying place" — transcribed as portage
Great Falls of the Missouri — John Ordway: June 20, 1805
John Ordway · Jun 20, 1805 · Great Falls of the Missouri
"18 1/2 miles staked out around falls" — transcribed as portage
Great Falls Portage — Joseph Whitehouse: June 23, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Jun 23, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"carrying place around falls" — transcribed as portage
Great Falls Portage — Patrick Gass: June 26, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jun 26, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"measured at 18 miles" — transcribed as portage
Clark: July 1, 1805
William Clark · Jul 1, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"lower part of the portage" — transcribed as portage
Lewis: July 2, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 2, 1805 · Great Falls Portage
"laborious task completed by party" — transcribed as portage
Clark: October 22, 1805
William Clark · Oct 22, 1805 · Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage
"1200 yards on Stard side" — transcribed as portage
Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — John Ordway: October 23, 1805
John Ordway · Oct 23, 1805 · Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage
"native portage route around falls" — transcribed as portage
Clark: October 30, 1805
William Clark · Oct 30, 1805 · Cascades of the Columbia, portage
"required around the Shute" — transcribed as portage
Clark: October 31, 1805
William Clark · Oct 31, 1805 · Cascades of the Columbia, portage
"Indians make portage around rapids" — transcribed as portage
Cascades of the Columbia, portage — John Ordway: November 1, 1805
John Ordway · Nov 1, 1805 · Cascades of the Columbia, portage
"carrying baggage and canoes past it" — transcribed as portage
Clark: November 2, 1805
William Clark · Nov 2, 1805 · Cascades of the Columbia, portage
"1.5 mile portage around rapid"
Clark: January 7, 1806
William Clark · Jan 7, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"native communication route between waters"
Clark: January 10, 1806
William Clark · Jan 10, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"Indians make portage here" — transcribed as portage
Clark: March 29, 1806
William Clark · Mar 29, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"natives portage canoes and wappato" — transcribed as portage
John Ordway: April 11, 1806
John Ordway · Apr 11, 1806 · Cascades of the Columbia River, WA/OR border
"head of the portage reached at noon" — transcribed as portage
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — Patrick Gass: April 12, 1806
Patrick Gass · Apr 12, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"carrying baggage around obstacle in river" — transcribed as portage
Lewis: July 15, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 15, 1806 · Lewis: Great Falls / Clark: crossing to Yellowstone
"transferring canoes and baggage" — transcribed as portage
Lewis: Great Falls / Clark: crossing to Yellowstone — Patrick Gass: July 15, 1806
Patrick Gass · Jul 15, 1806 · Lewis: Great Falls / Clark: crossing to Yellowstone
"men traveling its length to check periogue" — transcribed as portage
Lewis: fight with Blackfeet at Two Medicine River — Patrick Gass: July 26, 1806
Patrick Gass · Jul 26, 1806 · Lewis: fight with Blackfeet at Two Medicine River
"transporting canoes/baggage around falls" — transcribed as portage
Patrick Gass: November 12, 1806
Patrick Gass · Nov 12, 1806
"men traveling to ends of portage" — transcribed as portage

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