Journal entry · April 5, 1806
Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 5, 1806
Patrick Gass · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Cascades of the Columbia, portage
tiful prairie and a number of ponds below the mouth of Sandy
river; and about two miles from the Columbia the soil is rich
with white cedar timber, which is very much stripped of its
bark, the natives making use of it both for food and cloth-
ing.* A number of the Indians visit us daily ; and the females
in general have that leather covering round their loins, which
is somewhat in the form of a truss.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Washougal, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of April 3 to April 5, 1806
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Two River Heritage Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.2 mi
- Sandy River Delta (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 1.3 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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