Moving down the Columbia, the wet weather continues. While crossing Grays Bay, high waves force the dugout canoes to stay close to shore. They cross safely but arrive with several seasick paddlers.
The Mouth of the Columbia River
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
Grays Bay (view east)
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A Disagreeable Day
The whole of this day was wet and disagreeable; and the distance we made in a straight line, was not more than 9 miles; though the distance we coasted was above 20 miles.
—Patrick Gass
Seasick Paddlers
we took the advantage of a returning tide and proceeded on to the Second point on the Std. here we found the Swells or waves So high that we thought it imprudent to proceed . . . . The Swells were So high and the Canoes roled in Such a manner as to cause Several to be verry Sick. Reuben fields, Wiser [Weiser] McNeal & the Squar [Sacagawea] wer of the number
—William Clark
Dining at an Old Village
we came too at the remains of an old village at the bottom of this nitch and dined, here we Saw great numbers of fowl, Sent out 2 men and they killed a Goose and two Canves back Ducks here we found great numbers of flees [fleas] which we treated with the greatest caution and distance;
—William Clark
Seeking White Traders
We are not certain as yet if the whites people who trade with those people or from whome they precure ther goods are Stationary at the mouth, or visit this quarter at Stated times for the purpose of trafick &c. I believe the latter to be the most probable conjucture—
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Day of the month Wind State of the Weather 8th S W. fair after rain rained moderately
—Meriwether Lewis[2]Some abbreviations have been spelled out.
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 | Some abbreviations have been spelled out. |
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