small canoes

Tool · mentioned in 61 journal entries

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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
6 mentions via 2 variants: canoe (4) · canoes (2)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 30, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jan 30, 1805 · Fort Mandan (winter)
"could not stand waves in high wind"
Lewis: April 8, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 8, 1805 · Departure from Fort Mandan, Missouri River
"filled with water, loading wet" — transcribed as small canoe
Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 13, 1805
Patrick Gass · Apr 13, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"unable to bear the sail"
Missouri River near Little Missouri — John Ordway: April 15, 1805
John Ordway · Apr 15, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"used to pole across river" — transcribed as small canoe
Missouri River near Yellowstone approach — John Ordway: April 22, 1805
John Ordway · Apr 22, 1805 · Missouri River near Yellowstone approach
"articles got wet in it" — transcribed as small canoe
Missouri River near Yellowstone approach — John Ordway: April 23, 1805
John Ordway · Apr 23, 1805 · Missouri River near Yellowstone approach
"took in some water" — transcribed as Small canoes
Lewis: April 24, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 24, 1805 · Missouri River near Yellowstone approach
"articles wetted by waves"
Yellowstone-Missouri confluence — Patrick Gass: April 30, 1805
Patrick Gass · Apr 30, 1805 · Yellowstone-Missouri confluence
"could not stand the waves"
Missouri River near Porcupine River — John Ordway: May 1, 1805
John Ordway · May 1, 1805 · Missouri River near Porcupine River
"could not proceed in high wind" — transcribed as Small canoes
Lewis: May 7, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 7, 1805 · Missouri River near Porcupine River
"one filled with water by bad steering"
Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon — Joseph Whitehouse: August 7, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Aug 7, 1805 · Jefferson/Beaverhead River near present-day Dillon
"unloaded and cached one" — transcribed as Small canoes
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — Patrick Gass: September 29, 1805
Patrick Gass · Sep 29, 1805 · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
"natives arrived in them"
Clark: October 12, 1805
William Clark · Oct 12, 1805 · Snake River rapids, near Lewiston
"followed Indians through dangerous rapid" — transcribed as Small Canoe
Clark: October 17, 1805
William Clark · Oct 17, 1805 · Columbia River near Wallula Gap
"used to ascend Columbia" — transcribed as Small Canoe
Clark: November 4, 1805
William Clark · Nov 4, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"4 men dispatched to hunt" — transcribed as small canoe
Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — John Ordway: November 13, 1805
John Ordway · Nov 13, 1805 · Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp
"used by three men to descend river" — transcribed as Small canoe
Lewis: November 29, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Nov 29, 1805 · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
"used to travel down river" — transcribed as small canoe
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — John Ordway: November 29, 1805
John Ordway · Nov 29, 1805 · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
"used to go down river scouting" — transcribed as Small canoe
Clark: January 10, 1806
William Clark · Jan 10, 1806 · Clark's party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head
"used to cross creek" — transcribed as Small Canoe
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: January 11, 1806
John Ordway · Jan 11, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"missing, party searched for it" — transcribed as Small canoe
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 5, 1806
John Ordway · Feb 5, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"recovered after drifting up creek" — transcribed as small canoe
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 6, 1806
John Ordway · Mar 6, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"used by Pryor to travel upriver" — transcribed as Small canoe
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 18, 1806
John Ordway · Mar 18, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"being repaired by the party" — transcribed as Small canoes
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: March 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Mar 18, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"being repaired by the men"
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 22, 1806
John Ordway · Mar 22, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"used by hunters going ahead" — transcribed as Small canoe
Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — Patrick Gass: March 24, 1806
Patrick Gass · Mar 24, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"hunters went ahead in it" — transcribed as small canoe
Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — John Ordway: March 27, 1806
John Ordway · Mar 27, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"used by Indians and hunters" — transcribed as Small canoes
Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — John Ordway: March 28, 1806
John Ordway · Mar 28, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"drawn out and repaired" — transcribed as Small canoes
Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — Patrick Gass: March 28, 1806
Patrick Gass · Mar 28, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"used by those gone ahead"
Clark: April 1, 1806
William Clark · Apr 1, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"used by Pryor up Quick Sand River" — transcribed as Small canoe
Clark: April 2, 1806
William Clark · Apr 2, 1806 · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
"women's canoes for gathering wappato" — transcribed as Small Canoes
Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 4, 1806
John Ordway · Apr 4, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"sent ahead with hunters" — transcribed as small Canoe
Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 5, 1806
John Ordway · Apr 5, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"hunters sent ahead with it" — transcribed as Small canoe
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — Patrick Gass: April 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Apr 18, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"got split during ascent" — transcribed as small canoe
Clark: April 19, 1806
William Clark · Apr 19, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"5 hauled out to dry, portaged" — transcribed as Small Canoes
Lewis: April 19, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 19, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"drawn out for portage"
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — John Ordway: April 22, 1806
John Ordway · Apr 22, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"Gass and Fields crossed in one" — transcribed as Small canoes
Clark: April 23, 1806
William Clark · Apr 23, 1806 · Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit
"set out with Sergt Gass" — transcribed as Small Canoe
Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks — John Ordway: July 11, 1806
John Ordway · Jul 11, 1806 · Lewis: to Great Falls / Clark: to Three Forks
"left at this spot last year" — transcribed as small canoe
Clark: July 15, 1806
William Clark · Jul 15, 1806 · Lewis: Great Falls / Clark: crossing to Yellowstone
"navigable from three forks down" — transcribed as Small Canoes
Clark: August 1, 1806
William Clark · Aug 1, 1806 · Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion
"limited carrying capacity for meat" — transcribed as Small Canoes
Lewis: August 4, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 4, 1806 · Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion
"exchanged for hunting, nearly wrecked in sawyers" — transcribed as small canoe
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — John Ordway: August 4, 1806
John Ordway · Aug 4, 1806 · Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion
"used for hunting trip" — transcribed as Small canoe
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 4, 1806
Patrick Gass · Aug 4, 1806 · Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion
"hunters traveled in them, some left behind"
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 5, 1806
Patrick Gass · Aug 5, 1806 · Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion
"floated down with current overnight" — transcribed as small canoe
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 6, 1806
Patrick Gass · Aug 6, 1806 · Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion
"two hunters left behind in it" — transcribed as small canoe
Down Missouri, approaching Mandan villages — Patrick Gass: August 13, 1806
Patrick Gass · Aug 13, 1806 · Down Missouri, approaching Mandan villages
"ahead of party when spotting Indians"
John Ordway: August 17, 1806
John Ordway · Aug 17, 1806
"Colter, Dixon, Handcock departed in" — transcribed as Small canoe
Patrick Gass: August 17, 1806
Patrick Gass · Aug 17, 1806
"lashed together two and two"
Mandan villages, Charbonneau family stays — Patrick Gass: August 19, 1806
Patrick Gass · Aug 19, 1806 · Mandan villages, Charbonneau family stays
"lashed together for safer travel"
Clark: August 20, 1806
William Clark · Aug 20, 1806 · Mandan villages, Charbonneau family stays
"waves splashed in requiring bailing" — transcribed as Small Canoes
Clark: August 28, 1806
William Clark · Aug 28, 1806 · Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day
"R. Field to proceed slowly in" — transcribed as Small Canoe
Clark: August 30, 1806
William Clark · Aug 30, 1806 · Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day
"used to cross to sand bar" — transcribed as Small canoe
Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day — John Ordway: August 30, 1806
John Ordway · Aug 30, 1806 · Rapid descent of Missouri, 70-80 miles/day
"Clark took three men to meet Indians" — transcribed as Small canoe
Missouri River through Dakota territory — John Ordway: September 1, 1806
John Ordway · Sep 1, 1806 · Missouri River through Dakota territory
"hunters took ahead to hunt" — transcribed as Small canoe
Clark: September 6, 1806
William Clark · Sep 6, 1806 · Missouri River through Dakota territory
"sent ahead to hunt" — transcribed as Small Canoes
Clark: September 13, 1806
William Clark · Sep 13, 1806 · Missouri near Floyd's Bluff and Council Bluffs
"sent ahead to hunt" — transcribed as Small Canoes
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — John Ordway: September 17, 1806
John Ordway · Sep 17, 1806 · Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area
"hunters sent ahead with two canoes" — transcribed as Small canoes
La Charette - first settlement, citizens cheer — John Ordway: September 20, 1806
John Ordway · Sep 20, 1806 · La Charette - first settlement, citizens cheer
"two small canoes left behind" — transcribed as Small canoes
Patrick Gass: November 30, 1806
Patrick Gass · Nov 30, 1806 · Missouri River, eastern Montana – downstream travel
"two men returned with it" — transcribed as small canoe
Patrick Gass: December 20, 1806
Patrick Gass · Dec 20, 1806 · Missouri River, central South Dakota – downstream
"lashed together; sent ahead with hunters"

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