Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary — Patrick Gass: November 5, 1805
After rain around 2 a.m., the party set out under cloudy skies and traveled down the river, passing several attractive islands close to shore. The terrain rose higher than the previous day, with spruce-covered hills and bottomlands of cottonwood and maple. They passed numerous Indian camps with lodges made of poles and cedar bark. A noon stop at an island yielded nine brants and a swan, three brants being nearly all white. After some rain and hail, they covered 31 miles and camped on the north side, where the tide rose and fell four feet.
last night about 2 o’clock, and the morning was cloudy. We
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passed several handsome islands, generally near the shore, on
the one side or the other of the river. The country on both
sides is somewhat higher than what we passed yesterday, and
closely covered with spruce timber. The bottoms are large,
covered with cotton wood, maple, and the like kinds of wood.
We passed a great many Indian camps, their lodges made
chiefly of poles and cedar bark. At noon we stopped about
an hour at an island, and some of the men went out and
killed nine brants and a swan. Three of the brants were
quite white except the points of their wings, which were black.
We proceeded on in the afternoon, during which some rain
and a little hail fell; went 31 miles and encamped on the north
side. Here the tide rises and falls 4 feet.
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Last night about 2 o'clock, and the morning was cloudy. We passed several handsome islands, generally near the shore, on one side or the other of the river. The country on both sides is somewhat higher than what we passed yesterday, and closely covered with spruce timber. The bottoms are large, covered with cottonwood, maple, and similar kinds of wood. We passed a great many Indian camps, their lodges made chiefly of poles and cedar bark.
At noon we stopped about an hour at an island, and some of the men went out and killed nine brants and a swan. Three of the brants were quite white except the points of their wings, which were black. We proceeded on in the afternoon, during which some rain and a little hail fell; we went 31 miles and camped on the north side. Here the tide rises and falls 4 feet.
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