great falls

Place · mentioned in 15 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):
16 mentions via 4 variants: Great Falls (12) · Great Falls of the Missouri (2) · Great Falls of the Missouri River (1) · Great Falls of the Columbia River (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Lewis: June 9, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 9, 1805 · Marias River decision camp
"falls of Missouri described by Indians"
Clark: October 7, 1805
William Clark · Oct 7, 1805 · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
"10 days below where white people live"
Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — John Ordway: October 25, 1805
John Ordway · Oct 25, 1805 · Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage
"river rises 48 feet between"
Clark: November 3, 1805
William Clark · Nov 3, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"Indian friends from village near there"
Clark: January 13, 1806
William Clark · Jan 13, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"upper limit of river trade"
Lewis: January 14, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jan 14, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"falls on the Columbia River"
Lewis: February 17, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 17, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"buzzard found below the great falls"
Clark: February 20, 1806
William Clark · Feb 20, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"where river passes mountains"
Lewis: February 20, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 20, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"of the Columbia river"
Clark: February 22, 1806
William Clark · Feb 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"on the Columbia"
Lewis: February 22, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"on Columbia, sheep mountains nearby"
Lewis: February 23, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 23, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"upper limit of seal range on Columbia"
Lewis: February 28, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 28, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"polecats abundant in this area"
Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 5, 1806
John Ordway · Apr 5, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"natives above suffering hunger"
Clark: May 6, 1806
William Clark · May 6, 1806 · Nez Perce camps, reuniting with horses
"above which Clarks river branches lie"

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