creek

Place · mentioned in 35 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
27 mentions via 20 variants: Portage creek (4) · Fort Mountain creek (2) · Ordway's creek (2) · Tarkio creek (2) · Deer creek (2) · Shonkin creek (1) …
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Missouri River near Osage River — Joseph Whitehouse: June 5, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Jun 5, 1804 · Missouri River near Osage River
"passed creek on the South Side"
Missouri River near White River — Patrick Gass: September 13, 1804
Patrick Gass · Sep 13, 1804 · Missouri River near White River
"passed a creek on south side"
Missouri River near White River — Patrick Gass: September 14, 1804
Patrick Gass · Sep 14, 1804 · Missouri River near White River
"passed and encamped on it"
Missouri River near Cheyenne River — Joseph Whitehouse: October 2, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Oct 2, 1804 · Missouri River near Cheyenne River
"passed on south side"
Missouri River near Cheyenne River — Patrick Gass: October 2, 1804
Patrick Gass · Oct 2, 1804 · Missouri River near Cheyenne River
"passed on south side"
Missouri River approaching Cannonball River — Patrick Gass: October 14, 1804
Patrick Gass · Oct 14, 1804 · Missouri River approaching Cannonball River
"passed a creek on south side"
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 13, 1804
Patrick Gass · Nov 13, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"passed a creek on south side"
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 14, 1804
Patrick Gass · Nov 14, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"passed and encamped on it"
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 16, 1804
Patrick Gass · Nov 16, 1804 · Fort Mandan, North Dakota
"followed S.E. to its mouth"
Missouri River near Marias River approach — Patrick Gass: June 1, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jun 1, 1805 · Missouri River near Marias River approach
"about 30 yards wide, passed in afternoon"
Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots — Joseph Whitehouse: August 25, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Aug 25, 1805 · Lemhi Valley, preparing to cross Bitterroots
"camped near creek or run"
North Fork Salmon River, impassable route — Patrick Gass: September 3, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 3, 1805 · North Fork Salmon River, impassable route
"creek they pursued journey up"
Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole — John Ordway: September 6, 1805
John Ordway · Sep 6, 1805 · Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole
"camped on after descending mountain"
Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole — Patrick Gass: September 7, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 7, 1805 · Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole
"natives encamped along it"
Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole — John Ordway: September 8, 1805
John Ordway · Sep 8, 1805 · Lost Trail Pass, meeting Flathead Salish at Ross's Hole
"large creek they descended"
Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — Patrick Gass: September 9, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 9, 1805 · Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT
"traveled down it going northwest"
Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — Patrick Gass: September 10, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 10, 1805 · Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT
"traveled down, increased to considerable river"
Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT — John Ordway: September 11, 1805
John Ordway · Sep 11, 1805 · Travelers' Rest near present-day Lolo, MT
"proceeded up creek heading west"
Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains — Joseph Whitehouse: September 12, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Sep 12, 1805 · Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains
"halted to dine and camped on bank"
Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains — Patrick Gass: September 14, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 14, 1805 · Lolo Trail, ascending into Bitterroot Mountains
"traveled west up the creek"
Patrick Gass: September 16, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 16, 1805 · Lolo Trail / Warm Springs area, Bitterroot Mountains, Idaho
"encamped on creek with prairies"
Nez Perce villages on Clearwater — Patrick Gass: September 24, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 24, 1805 · Nez Perce villages on Clearwater
"runs southwest, descended from mountain"
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: October 7, 1805
Patrick Gass · Oct 7, 1805 · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
"small creek in valley, encamped on"
Snake River rapids, near Lewiston — John Ordway: October 13, 1805
John Ordway · Oct 13, 1805 · Snake River, Monumental Rapids area
"came in on Lard Side this afternoon"
Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — John Ordway: October 25, 1805
John Ordway · Oct 25, 1805 · Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage
"camped below its mouth"
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: January 5, 1806
Patrick Gass · Jan 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, salt works established
"crossed by raft"
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 5, 1806
John Ordway · Feb 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"canoe drove up on marsh"
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — John Ordway: April 23, 1806
John Ordway · Apr 23, 1806 · Columbia River near the John Day River
"mouth where village located, camped there"
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — Patrick Gass: April 29, 1806
Patrick Gass · Apr 29, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"where party encamped"
Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — Patrick Gass: May 3, 1806
Patrick Gass · May 3, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"struck after about ten miles travel"
Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses — John Ordway: May 7, 1806
John Ordway · May 7, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"creek where canisters of powder were retrieved"
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: May 26, 1806
John Ordway · May 26, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"too high to cross for hunting"
Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt — John Ordway: May 28, 1806
John Ordway · May 28, 1806 · Camp Chopunnish (Long Camp), waiting for snow to melt
"descended bad hill down to creek"
Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie — Patrick Gass: June 20, 1806
Patrick Gass · Jun 20, 1806 · Waiting for Nez Perce guides at Weippe Prairie
"halted for dinner, met two Indians"
Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — Patrick Gass: July 5, 1806
Patrick Gass · Jul 5, 1806 · Blackfoot River valley
"bold stream 15 yards wide, encamped on"

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