Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 3, 1806

came across the River & informed us that the hunters had killed
4 Elk 2 of which is about 3 miles from the River so Serg* pryor
and 3 more men were Sent over to help jourk the meat Slight
Showers of rain in the course of the day. the Savages who Stayed
with us last night were of five different nations and had Several
prisoners among them these Savages tells us that they are going
down the River after wapatoes &C. &C. in the evening Cap*
Clark & party returnd to Camp and informed us that they had
been and took a view of the River which the Indians in-
formed us of, and that it is a verry large River & is 500 yd wide
and is Supposed to head with the waters of the California, they
went 7 miles up sd River.1 their guide informed them that a
large nation lived up the fork of this River by the name of Clack-
amus Nation of 30 Towns, and that another Nation lives along
distance up this River where it gits small by the name of Callap-
no-wah Nation who are verry numerous, on their return they
halted at a new discovred village behind Swan Island where they
bought 5 dogs a fiew Commass roots and some wapatoes &C.