Journal entry · April 19, 1806
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — John Ordway: April 19, 1806
John Ordway · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right bank, near Horsethief Lake, WA
fell on the hills last night, all hands went at packing the baggage
past the portage which is about 2 miles towards evening we got
all the baggag[e] and canoes carried to the head of the narrows
above the village & Camped carried our firewood past the port-
age also as it is so hard [to procure] about the village that the Sav-
ages value it high. Cap* Clark bought 3 or 4 more horses this day.
1 From the foot of the Dalles of the Columbia, where the town of The Dalles
is located, to their commencement in the Great (or Celilo) Falls is a distance
of fourteen miles. This portion of their route was covered by the explorers on
April 18, 19, 20, and the forenoon of April 21.
344 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [April 20
Cap4 Clark and 3 men Set out this evening to go up to the Short
narrows at a village in order to purchase horses untill our arival.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right bank, near Horsethief Lake, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of April 19 to April 20, 1806
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- The Dalles Dam Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.7 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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