Day-by-Day / December 6, 1805

December 6, 1805

Rising tide, rising hopes

At Tongue Point near present Astoria, Oregon, the day is stormy, and a flood tide forces everyone to move to higher ground. The evening clears and hopes that they can move to the new winter site rise.

High Winds and High Tide

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

Flood Tide

The high tide of today is 13 inches higher than yesterday, and obliged us to move our Camp which was in a low Situation, on higher ground Smoke exceedingly disagreeable.
William Clark

Hope for Tomorrow

the Storm still continued, & the Rain extinguish’d our fires, & made it exceedingly disagreeable to us. Towards evening the Weather cleared up, & it became a little more pleasant
Joseph Whitehouse

Weather Diary

Day of the Month Winds State of the Weather
6th S W. rain

rained last night and all day to day wind not violent in the after part of the day fair in the eving.
Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.

 

Notes

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.
2 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.

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