Lewis: November 30, 1805
On a cloudy morning, Lewis set out before sunrise to continue exploring the bay. Three scouts sent southwest reported the woods too thick with marshes and lakes to reach the ocean, though surf could be heard nearby. After ascending one inlet that narrowed and veered west, the party turned back and traveled about six miles up the larger arm of the bay, camping on the highland on the starboard side. Lewis hoped to find the Clatsop Indians and game for a winter station. He noted abundant waterfowl and freshwater suggesting a large creek.
November 30th 1805. cloudy morning set out before sun rise and continued
our rout up the bey
Sent out three men to examin the country to the S. & W. they returned
after about 2 hours and informed me that the wood was so thick and
obstructed by marrasses & lakes that they were unable to proceed to
the ocean which could not be at any considerable distance fom the apparent
sound of the waves breaking on the Coast. we now returned and asscended
the inlet which we had last passd no fresh appearance of Elk or deer in
our rout so far. asscend the inlet as we intended about 1 m. found it
became much smaller and that it did not keep it’s direction to the high
land which boar S. 10 W. but inclined West. therefore returned to the
large arm of the bay which we passed this morning. here we expect to meet
with the Clat-sop Indians, who have tantilized us with there being much
game in their neighbourhood. this information in fact was the cause of my
present resurch, for where there is most game is for us the most eliguble
winter station.continued our rout up the large arm of the bay about
6 miles and encamped on the Stard. side on the highland. the water was
quite sweet. therefore concluded that it must be supplyed from a large
crick. at our camp it is 120 yds. wide, tho it gets narrower above. it
rained but little on us today tho it was cloudy generally.Wind from
N. E.saw a great abundance of fowls, brant, large geese, white
brant sandhill Cranes, common blue crains, cormarants, haulks, ravens,
crows, gulls and a great variety of ducks, the canvas back, duckinmallard,
black and white diver, brown duck&c &c
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November 30th, 1805. Cloudy morning. We set out before sunrise and continued our route up the bay. I sent out three men to examine the country to the south and west. They returned after about two hours and informed me that the woods were so thick and obstructed by marshes and lakes that they were unable to proceed to the ocean, which could not be at any considerable distance from the apparent sound of the waves breaking on the coast.
We then turned back and ascended the inlet that we had last passed. So far on our route there has been no fresh sign of elk or deer. We ascended the inlet as we intended for about one mile, but found that it became much smaller and that it did not keep its direction toward the high land, which bore S. 10° W., but instead inclined to the west. We therefore returned to the large arm of the bay that we had passed this morning. Here we expect to meet with the Clat-sop (Clatsop) Indians, who have tantalized us with reports of plentiful game in their neighborhood. This information was in fact the cause of my present search, for where there is the most game is for us the most eligible winter station.
We continued our route up the large arm of the bay about six miles and camped on the starboard side on the high land. The water was quite fresh, so we concluded that it must be supplied from a large creek. At our camp it is 120 yards wide, though it gets narrower above. It rained only a little on us today, though it was generally cloudy. Wind from the northeast.
We saw a great abundance of fowl: brant, large geese, white brant, sandhill cranes, common blue cranes, cormorants, hawks, ravens, crows, gulls, and a great variety of ducks—the canvasback, mallard, black and white diver, brown duck, etc., etc.
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