Journal entry · April 18, 1806
Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses — Patrick Gass: April 18, 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
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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The NPS atlas for this night
right bank, Basin, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- The Dalles Dam Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 1.3 mi
- Rock Fort Campsite (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 3.2 mi
- Fort Dalles Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.0 mi
- Columbia Gorge Discovery Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.2 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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