Snake River rapids, near Lewiston — John Ordway: October 12, 1805
The expedition continued down the Snake River, passing numerous abandoned fishing camps along treeless, high plains shores. The party traveled 35 miles before making camp on the starboard side, just above a difficult rocky rapid, near present-day Almota, Washington. The small pilot canoe and the Indian canoe successfully ran the rapid that evening, while the rest of the party stopped for the night.
proceeded on as usal. passed a number of old fishing camps
along the Shores, high plains no timber, we came 35 miles
this day and Camped on the Stard Side little above a bad rockey
1 The party had reached the point where the Clearwater loses itself in Snake
River, the great southern fork of the Columbia. The towns of Lewiston, Idaho,
and Clarkston, Wash., are on opposite sides of the Snake at this point. The
camp was below the junction of the Clearwater and Snake, opposite Clarkston,
and diagonally across from Lewiston.
2 At “the mouth of a run in the starboard bend.” Clark. Coues identifies
this as modern Almota Creek, Whitman County. The camp was on or near
the site of the town of Almota.
298 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [Oct. 13
rapid.1 our Small pilot canoe and the Indian canoe went over
[the rapids] this evening.
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Proceeded on as usual. Passed a number of old fishing camps along the shores, high plains, no timber. We came 35 miles this day and camped on the starboard side a little above a bad rocky rapid. Our small pilot canoe and the Indian canoe went over [the rapids] this evening.
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