Cascades of the Columbia, portage

42 journal entries · October 29, 1805 – April 9, 1806 · 12 analyses

Recorded by William Clark, Patrick Gass, John Ordway, Meriwether Lewis

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The journal entries written here

October 1805

Clark: October 29, 1805 William Clark “October 29th Tuesday 1805 a Cloudy morning wind Still from th West not hard, we Set out at day light proceeded on…” Cascades of the Columbia, portage — Patrick Gass: October 29, 1805 Patrick Gass “passed high hills on both sides of the river, on which there was pine timber; and some birch on the banks of…” Cascades of the Columbia, portage — John Ordway: October 29, 1805 John Ordway “and proceeded on about 6 miles and halted at Some Indian lodges where we bought a number more dogs and proceeded on…” Clark: October 30, 1805 William Clark “October 30th Wednesday 1805 A Cloudy morning. Some little rain all night, after eating a Slight brackfast of venison we Set out.…” Cascades of the Columbia, portage — Patrick Gass: October 30, 1805 Patrick Gass “hunters killed a deer.” Cascades of the Columbia, portage — John Ordway: October 30, 1805 John Ordway “the after part of the day clear.” Clark: October 31, 1805 William Clark “October 31st Thursday 1805 a cloudey raney morning I proceed down the river to view it more at leasure, I took Jos.…” Cascades of the Columbia, portage — Patrick Gass: October 31, 1805 Patrick Gass “LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION _ 167 our canoes and took them past the rapids, some part of the way by water, and…” Cascades of the Columbia, portage — John Ordway: October 31, 1805 John Ordway “the natives came to the fort with wapatoe roots we bought Several bags from them, we built a box for the centinel…”

November 1805

Clark: November 1, 1805 William Clark “November 1st Friday 1805 a verry cold morning wind from N. E and hard Set all hands packing the loading over th…” Cascades of the Columbia, portage — Patrick Gass: November 1, 1805 Patrick Gass “carried down our baggage before breakfast as we could not go into the water, without uneasiness on account of the cold. In…” Cascades of the Columbia, portage — John Ordway: November 1, 1805 John Ordway “from the N. E. and cold, we carried all our baggage past the port- age a number of Indians with canoe loads…” Clark: November 2, 1805 William Clark “Novr. 2d Saturday 1805 Meridian altitude 59° 45' 45" made a portage of about 11/2 miles with half of the Baggage, and…” Cascades of the Columbia, portage — Patrick Gass: November 2, 1805 Patrick Gass “where the men had to carry part of the baggage across a portage of two miles and an half, while the rest…”

April 1806

Clark: April 3, 1806 William Clark “Thursday April 3rd 1806 The water had fallen in the course of last night five inches. I Set out and proceeded up…” Lewis: April 3, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Thursday April 3rd 1806. Early this morning Joseph Feilds came over and informed me that Reubin Feilds Drewyer and himself had killed…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 3, 1806 John Ordway “came across the River & informed us that the hunters had killed 4 Elk 2 of which is about 3 miles from…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 3, 1806 Patrick Gass “then to bring in the meat of the bear and dry that of the elk; but it rained so hard we could…” Clark: April 4, 1806 William Clark “Friday April 4th 1806. Mouth of quick Sand River This morning early we Sent Sergt. Ordway in Serch of Sergt. Gass and…” Lewis: April 4, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Friday April 4th 1806. This morning early we sent Sergt. Ordway in Surch of Sergt. Gass and party below the entrance of…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 4, 1806 John Ordway “see what success the hunters had met the hunters returned with 5 of them they had killd one Elk Six Deer and…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 4, 1806 Patrick Gass “killed a deer and some geese, and then went to the camp. A party that went out on the upper side of…” Clark: April 5, 1806 William Clark “Saturday April 5th 1806. This morning was So Cloudy that we could not obtain any lunar observations with a Aquila as we…” Lewis: April 5, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Saturday April 5th 1806. This morning was so cloudy that I could not obtain any lunar observations with a Aquila as I…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 5, 1806 John Ordway “return*1 with 3 Small black cubs which was sold to the Savages I and 5 more men went over to the S.…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 5, 1806 Patrick Gass “tiful prairie and a number of ponds below the mouth of Sandy river; and about two miles from the Columbia the soil…” Clark: April 6, 1806 William Clark “Sunday April 6th 1806. Two Indians Came last night very late to our Camp and continued all night. early we had all…” Lewis: April 6, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Sunday April 6th 1806. This morning we had the dryed meat secured in skins and the canoes loaded; we took breakfast and…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 6, 1806 John Ordway “up and Set out proceeded on verry well about 8 miles and halted at the Camp of our hunters they having killed…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 6, 1806 Patrick Gass “10 o’clock we set out; passed a beautiful prairie on the north side, which we could sot see for the fog as…” Clark: April 7, 1806 William Clark “Monday April 7th 1806 This morning Drewyer & the two Fields Set out agreeably to their orders of last evening, the remainder…” Lewis: April 7, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Monday April 7th 1806. This morning early the flesh of the remaining Elk was brought in and Drewyer with the Feildses departed…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 7, 1806 John Ordway “Fields were sent on a head to ascend the River & hunt untill our arival all hands set at jurking & drying…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 7, 1806 Patrick Gass “hunters went on ahead again and the rest of the party re- mained drying meat to subsist on while we passed the…” Clark: April 8, 1806 William Clark “Tuesday April 8th 1806 This morning about day light I heard a Considerable roreing like wind at a distance and in the…” Lewis: April 8, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Tuesday April 8th 1806. The wind blew so violently this morning that we were obliged to unlode our perogues and canoes, soon…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 8, 1806 John Ordway “so high a head that in Stead of our Setting out as we intended [we] had to unload our canoes, the waves…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 8, 1806 Patrick Gass “so hard from the northeast that it was impossible to go on; and about 8 o’clock the swells ran so high that…” Clark: April 9, 1806 William Clark “Wednesday April 9th 1806 last night at a late hour the old amsiated Indian who was detected in Stealing a Spoon yesterday,…” Lewis: April 9, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “Wednesday April 9th 1806. This morning early we commenced the operation of reloading our canoes; at 7 A.M. we departed and proceeded…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — John Ordway: April 9, 1806 John Ordway “bailed our canoes found Some of them to leak loaded up & about 9 oClock we departed and proceed on along the…” Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 9, 1806 Patrick Gass “fore loaded our canoes and proceeded on till u o'clock when we stopped at a large Indian village on the north side;…”

Analyses set at this place

October 29, 1805 The Friendly Village: Three Registers on a Day of Trade and Observation October 30, 1805 Stumps in the Water: Reading the Cascades Through Three Pens October 31, 1805 Three Vantages on a Single Portage: Reconnaissance, Labor, and Trade at the Cascades November 1, 1805 Pounded Salmon and Sea Otters: Three Views of the Cascades Portage November 2, 1805 Below the Cascades: Two Accounts of the Lower Portage April 3, 1806 Two Camps, Two Rivers: Discovery and Hunger on the Columbia April 4, 1806 The Bear’s Den and the Hidden River: Four Voices at Quicksand River April 5, 1806 Cubs for Wappato: Four Voices at the Cascades Camp April 6, 1806 Four Pens at the Cascades: A Quail, an Elk Camp, and the Measure of a River April 7, 1806 Drying Elk and Describing a Quail: Four Pens at the Cascades April 8, 1806 Windbound Below the Cascades: Four Voices on a Day of Forced Delay April 9, 1806 The Stolen Tomahawk Recovered: Four Accounts of a Tense Reunion at Wah-clel-lah

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