Journal entry · April 25, 1806
Overland to Walla Walla, council with Yelleppit — Patrick Gass: April 25, 1806
Patrick Gass · Columbia River near the Umatilla River · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Columbia River near the Umatilla River
early. At 10 o’clock we met a great many of the natives on
horseback, who turned back with us. At noon we came to a
very large band of the Wal-a-waltz nation, the most numerous
we had seen on the Columbia; I suppose it consisted of 500
persons, men, women and children; and all of them tolerably
well clothed with robes of the skins of the deer, the ibex or
big horned animal and buffaloe. They have a great many
horses and lately came to the river to fish for salmon. We
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halted here two hours and then went on. The men in general
complain of their feet, being sore; and the officers have to go
on foot to permit some of them to ride. We went 13 miles
and encamped at a small grove of willows. There being no
other wood for a considerable distance.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right bank, near Alderdale, in WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
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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Columbia River near the Umatilla River in 360°
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