Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — John Ordway: October 22, 1805
Heavy rain continued through the night with strong winds from the southwest. The waves grew dangerously high and the tide rose well above its usual level, slamming one of the canoes against logs along the shore. The canoe was nearly split apart before the men managed to pull it free, and it sustained damage in the incident. The rough conditions also forced the party to relocate some of their camps to safer ground.
night and continues raining and the wind high from the S.W. the
waves rolled So high and the tide raised much higher than common
dashed one of our canoes against the logs and was near Splitting
it before we got it out. dammaged it and obledged us to move
some of our Camps.
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Night, and the rain continues with a high wind from the southwest. The waves rolled so high, and the tide rose much higher than usual, that it dashed one of our canoes against the logs and nearly split it before we got it out. It damaged the canoe and forced us to move some of our camps.
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