Journal entry · April 16, 1806
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — Patrick Gass: April 16, 1806
Patrick Gass · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage
not expect to be able to navigate the Columbia river much
* “We had however the curiosity to visit the houses (of a deserted village) which
were erected upon posts ; and we suffered very severely from the indulgence of it ; for
the floors were covered with fleas, and we were immediately in the same condition, for
which we had no remedy but to take to the water. There was not a spot round the
houses, free from grass, that was not alive, as it were, with this vermin.”’
M‘Kenzie.
216 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
farther, Captain Clarke, with some of the men and some
goods went over the river to endeavour to procure some
horses. I was out hunting this morning and killed a rattle-
snake among the rocks. Some hunters that went out in the
morning returned in the evening and had killed two deer,
some ducks and four squirrels, three of a beautiful speckled
kind, and as large as a common grey squirrel, but the tail not
so bushy.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left (south) bank, Fort Rock, The Dalles, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of April 16 to April 17, 1806
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Rock Fort Campsite (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.0 mi
- Fort Dalles Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.9 mi
- The Dalles Dam Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.1 mi
- Columbia Gorge Discovery Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.5 mi
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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