Cascades of the Columbia, portage
Recorded by William Clark, Patrick Gass, John Ordway, Meriwether Lewis
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October 1805
Oct 29
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…”
Oct 29
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…”
Oct 29
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…”
Oct 30
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.…”
Oct 30
Cascades of the Columbia, portage — Patrick Gass: October 30, 1805
Patrick Gass
“hunters killed a deer.”
Oct 30
Cascades of the Columbia, portage — John Ordway: October 30, 1805
John Ordway
“the after part of the day clear.”
Oct 31
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.…”
Oct 31
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…”
Oct 31
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
Nov 1
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…”
Nov 1
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…”
Nov 1
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…”
Nov 2
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…”
Nov 2
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
Apr 3
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…”
Apr 3
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…”
Apr 3
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…”
Apr 3
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…”
Apr 4
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…”
Apr 4
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…”
Apr 4
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…”
Apr 4
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…”
Apr 5
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…”
Apr 5
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…”
Apr 5
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.…”
Apr 5
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…”
Apr 6
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…”
Apr 6
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…”
Apr 6
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…”
Apr 6
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…”
Apr 7
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…”
Apr 7
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…”
Apr 7
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…”
Apr 7
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…”
Apr 8
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…”
Apr 8
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…”
Apr 8
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…”
Apr 8
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…”
Apr 9
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,…”
Apr 9
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…”
Apr 9
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…”
Apr 9
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