Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — John Ordway: March 25, 1806
The party delayed departure until 1 PM due to headwinds and adverse tide. Once underway, they encountered two Clatsop canoes carrying dried fish, wapatoes, and sturgeon purchased upriver. They crossed to an island where Cathlamah people had a fishing camp with a large quantity of sturgeon, and one man traded a dressed elk skin and a silk handkerchief for a sea otter pelt. Continuing on against rising winds, they arrived after dark at another Cathlamah fishing camp and made camp there for the night.
going down with their canoe loaded with fish and wapatoes. the
winds hard a head and tide against us So we delayd untill 1
oClock P. M. at which time we set out met 2 canoes of the
Clatsops loaded with dried fish and wapatoes &C. & Sturgeon
which they had purchased above. we crossed over to an Island4
on which was a fishing Camp of the Cath le mahs. they had a
vast Site of Sturgeon one of the men purchased a Sea otter
Skin, the price of which was a dressed Elk Skin and a silk hanker-
chief, we proceeded on from thence the after part of the day
the wind rose high after dark we arived at another fishing Camp
of the Cathlemahs where we Camped for the night.5
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going down with their canoe loaded with fish and wapatoes. The winds were hard against us and the tide was against us, so we delayed until 1 o'clock P.M., at which time we set out. We met 2 canoes of the Clatsops loaded with dried fish, wapatoes, etc., and sturgeon, which they had purchased above. We crossed over to an Island on which was a fishing camp of the Cathlamahs (Cathlamets). They had a vast quantity of sturgeon. One of the men purchased a sea otter skin, the price of which was a dressed elk skin and a silk handkerchief.
We proceeded on from there the latter part of the day. The wind rose high, and after dark we arrived at another fishing camp of the Cathlamahs, where we camped for the night.
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