Expedition place · April 11, 1806

Cascades of the Columbia River, WA/OR border

2 journal entries · Recorded by Meriwether Lewis, John Ordway

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The journal entries written here

April 1806

Meriwether Lewis: April 11, 1806 Meriwether Lewis “three of this same tribe of villains the Wah-clel-lars, stole my dog this evening, and took him towards their village; I was…” John Ordway: April 11, 1806 John Ordway “night and continues this morning, all the party except a fiew to guard the baggage turned out with Cap1 Clark to takeing…”

Nights the Corps camped here

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino; Harlan where he is the only source). Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

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