Journal entry · April 17, 1806
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — John Ordway: April 17, 1806
John Ordway · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage
eral of our hunters went out a hunting, the Small birds of different
kinds are Singing around us. Cap* Clark not returned but wrote
a line to Cap* Lewis that he had not purchased any horses yet but
was going up to another village above the falls where he expected
to purchase Some this day. Cap* Lewis wrote back that we Should
move tomorrow up to the bason as far as we can go with the
canoes, our hunters killed only one Deer this day. towards even-
ing a number of Indians visited our Camp one of them informed
us that he had killed 2 Indians on this ground in a battle some
years ago as they were at war with Some nations to the Southward.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left (south) bank, Fort Rock, The Dalles, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of April 16 to April 17, 1806
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Rock Fort Campsite (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.0 mi
- Fort Dalles Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.9 mi
- The Dalles Dam Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.1 mi
- Columbia Gorge Discovery Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.5 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
Terrain360 · the place today
Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage in 360°
10 frames across 1.8 mi of the route around this location
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