cord of 5 fathoms

Tool · mentioned in 2 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
1 mention via 1 variant: cord (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Clark: April 3, 1806
William Clark · Apr 3, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"used to fathom river, no bottom" — transcribed as Cord of 5 fathom
Lewis: April 6, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 6, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"used to sound river depth"

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