Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — Patrick Gass: April 18, 1806
The party struggled and faced danger hauling canoes to the foot of the Long Narrows, where they expected river travel to end. One small canoe split, forcing them to portage its load two miles overland. A man sent by Captain Clark met them with four horses. Wood was scarce as they had reached the Columbia plains. Several men went to a nearby village to trade buffalo robes for horses, hoping to acquire about twelve mounts so the group could continue the journey by land.
this place, and proceeded on with great difficulty and danger
to the foot of the long narrows; and expect to be able to take
the canoes no further. Here we met one of the men from
Captain Clarke with 4 horses. In coming up, one of our
small canoes got split so that we were obliged to carry the
load two miles by land to this place. Wood here is very
scarce, as the Columbia plains have commenced. Several of
the men went up to the village with their buffaloe robes, to
dispose of them for horses. Could we get about 12 horses
we would be able to go by land.
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this place, and proceeded on with great difficulty and danger to the foot of the Long Narrows; and we expect to not be able to take the canoes any further. Here we met one of the men from Captain Clarke (Captain Clark) with 4 horses. In coming up, one of our small canoes got split, so that we were obliged to carry the load two miles by land to this place. Wood here is very scarce, as the Columbia plains have commenced. Several of the men went up to the village with their buffalo robes, to trade them for horses. If we could get about 12 horses, we would be able to go by land.
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