Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — John Ordway: October 26, 1805
The expedition stayed in camp to make celestial observations and repair the canoes, which were unloaded and hauled from the water to have their bottoms smoothed. Hunters went into the timbered land and returned by evening with five deer, a goose, and a gray squirrel, while another man gigged a salmon trout in the river. Native visitors arrived in skiff-like canoes, and the officers recorded their language, concluding they belonged to the Flathead nation but a different tribe. The river rose considerably that afternoon.
delay here for observations &C. and to repair the canoes also.
Several men went out in the timbred land to hunt, we unloaded
the canoes and hailed them out of the water to Smooth their bot-
toms and repair them, one of the men giged a Sammon Trout in
the River, towards evening the hunters returned to Camp had
killed 5 Deer a goose and a gray Squerrell. a number of Savages
came in canoes made in form of ScifTs to our Camp, our officers
took down some of the language from these Savages and compared
with all other we have passd and find them to be all of the flat head
nation nation but different tribes, we think the flat head nation
to be more than ten thousand Strong, the River raised con-
siderable this afternoon.
1 Mill Creek, in Wasco County. Ore. The site (if the camp is just below
the steamboat landing at The Dalles. Wheeler.
1805] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 305
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We delayed here for observations, etc., and also to repair the canoes. Several men went out into the timbered land to hunt. We unloaded the canoes and hauled them out of the water to smooth their bottoms and repair them. One of the men gigged a salmon trout in the river. Toward evening the hunters returned to camp, having killed 5 deer, a goose, and a gray squirrel.
A number of Savages came in canoes made in the form of skiffs to our camp. Our officers took down some of the language from these Savages and compared it with all the others we have passed, and find them to be all of the Flathead nation but different tribes. We think the Flathead nation to be more than ten thousand strong. The river rose considerably this afternoon.
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