Lewis returns to Tongue Point having found an eligible situation to build a winter fort. The whole party will move there as soon as the weather permits.
Captain Lewis Returns
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
Sun Break on a Stormy Day
Lewis and Clark River
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Above: This view is taken from atop the Astoria Column. Lewis picked a site for winter quarters near the bend above the bridge. Below the bridge, the The Lewis and Clark River enters Youngs Bay. The Clatsop hills can be seen in the distance, and storm clouds hide the ocean behind them.
Wet Pacific Coast Weather
There is more wet weather on this coast, than I ever knew in any other place; during a month, we have had three fair days; and there is no prospect of a change.
—Patrick Gass
Clatsop Elk Herd
Cervus canadensis roosevelti
Courtesy U.S. National Park Service.
Lewis Returns
about noon Capt. Lewis and three men returned and informed us that they had found a tollarable good place for our winters quarters about 15 miles down the South Shore, a Short distance up a Small River. they had killed 7 Elk and five Deer. 2 men stayed to take care of the meat—
—John Ordway
Determination to Proceed
this was verry Satisfactory information to all the party. we accordingly deturmined to proceed on to the Situation which Capt. Lewis had Viewed as Soon as the wind and weather Should permit and Comence building huts &c.
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Day of the Month Winds State of the Weather 5th S W rain rained all last night and today I return to Capt Clark
—Meriwether Lewis[2]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
| ↑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 spelled out some abbreviations. |
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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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