Journal entry · October 25, 1805
Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage — Patrick Gass: October 25, 1805
Patrick Gass · Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Celilo Falls and The Dalles portage
rows and therefore carried over part of our baggage by land,
about three quarters of a mile; and then took the canoes
over, one at atime. In going over one of them filled with
water, on account of which we were detained three hours.
The rapids continued 3 or 4 miles, when the river became
more placid. At night we came to a place where there is a
considerable quantity of timber on the hills; both oak and
pine, and encamped at the mouth of a creek on the south
side. The natives about here are, or pretend to be, very
uneasy, and say the Indians below will kill us. We purchased
from them a quantity of dried pounded fish, which they had
prepared in that way for sale. They have six scaffolds of a
great size for the purpose of drying their fish on.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left bank at Fort Rock, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of October 25 to October 27, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Rock Fort Campsite (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.0 mi
- Fort Dalles Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.9 mi
- The Dalles Dam Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.1 mi
- Columbia Gorge Discovery Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.5 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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