Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — Patrick Gass: April 16, 1806
With the Columbia River becoming difficult to navigate further, Captain Clark crossed the river with several men and trade goods to try to obtain horses from local Native peoples. Gass spent the morning hunting and killed a rattlesnake among the rocks. Other hunters who had gone out in the morning came back in the evening with two deer, some ducks, and four squirrels, three of which were a striking speckled variety about the size of a common grey squirrel but with a less bushy tail.
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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not expect to be able to navigate the Columbia river much farther. Captain Clarke (Captain Clark), with some of the men and some goods, went over the river to try to obtain some horses. I was out hunting this morning and killed a rattlesnake among the rocks. Some hunters who 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, as large as a common grey squirrel, but with a tail not as bushy.
* "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 around the houses, free from grass, that was not alive, as it were, with this vermin." — McKenzie (M'Kenzie).
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