The day is wet and windy as Lewis looks for a winter site on the southern shore near the Columbia River mouth. At Tongue Point, Sgt. Pryor and six men bring in six elk. Clark’s health returns, but he begins to worry about Lewis and his scouting party.
Stormy Day, Tongue Point
© 11 November 2008 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Weather at Tongue Point can change quickly. Even the stormiest days may have brief sun breaks such as the one shown above. Compare this with the same view one day earlier.
Wet and Windy
a rainy wet morning. Sergt. Pryor & Six men Set out to go and dress and take care of the Elk meat. continued Storming & high wind all day.—
—John Ordway
An Uncomfortable Camp
the Smoke is exceedingly disagreeable and painfull to my eyes, my appetite has returned and I feel much better of my late complaint— a Spring tide to day rose 2 feet higher than Common flood tides and high water at 11 oClock—
—William Clark
Grounded by High Waves
the waves too high for me to proceed in Safty to the bay as I intended, in Some part of which I expected would be convenient for us to make winter quarters, the reports of seven huntes agreeing that elke were in great abundance about the Bay below.
—William Clark
No Word from Lewis
no account of Capt. Lewis. I fear Some accident has taken place in his craft or party
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Day of the Month Winds State of the Weather 4th S E rain rained all day
—Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.
Tongue Point is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site can be viewed from the east at the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge and to the west along the Astoria Riverwalk.
Notes
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- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.
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