In anticipation of leaving for home tomorrow, Fort Clatsop is given to Coboway, and hunters are sent up the Columbia. Dried eulachon and a dog are purchased, and the dugout canoes are temporarily plugged with mud.
The Rain Continues
by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
The Captain’s Table at Fort Clatsop (replica)
Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Fort Clatsop
© 2008 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Taken with cooperation from Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Fort Clatsop.
Sending Out Hunters
Drewyer and the Feildses departed this morning agreably to the order of the last evening. we sent out seven hunters this morning in different directions on this side the Netul.
—Meriwether Lewis
Eulachon and a Dog
about 10 A. M. we were visited by 4 Clatsops and a killamucks [Tillamooks]; they brought some dried Anchoveis [eulachon] and a dog for sale which we purchased.
—Meriwether Lewis
Fort Clatsop Given Away
at 12 OCk. we were visited by Comowooll [Coboway] and 3 of the Clatsops. to this Cheif we left our houses and funiture. he has been much more kind an hospitable to us than any other indian in this neighbourhood.
—Meriwether Lewis
Plugging the Canoes
we determined to set out tomorrow at all events, and to stop the canoes temperarily with Mud and halt the first fair day and pay them.
—Meriwether Lewis
Weather Diary
Aspect of the weather at Rise
Wind at Aspect of weather at 4 O’Ck P. M. Wind at 4 OCk. P. M. rain after rain S W. rain after clouds & rain S W. & N E rain continued without intermission greater part of the night. air temperate.— the leaves and petals of the flowers of the green Huckleburry have appeared. some of the leaves have already obtained ¼ of their size.—
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Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of the Month” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
