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History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark (1893)
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark - 1893 Author:Meriwether Lewis Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XXVII. THE COLUMBIA FROM SANDY RIVER TO THE DALLES. Detention to hunt—Particular account of Multnomah river, etc.— Wappatoo island and inlet— Wappato... more »o-roots—Wappatoo or Columbia valley—Large firs—Botany and zoology—Clack- stars, Cathlacumups, Cathlanahquiahs, Cathlacomatups, Clannaminimuns, Clahnaquahs, Quathlapotles, Shotos, Cathlahaws, all Multnomah Indians—Clackamos river and Indians —Cushooks and Chahcowahs—Calahpoewahs—Characters of the Multnomah nations—A bear killed—The voyage resumed April 6th—Detention by the weather—Hunters sent out —Wahclellahsand Clahclellahs—Chilluckittequaws—Beacon rock—Brant island—Clahclel- lahs—Rocky Mounta1n goat—The Grand Rapids or Cascades—Tedious and laborious towing —Thievish Wahclellahs—Collision with them—Their good chief— Eloots—Loss of a canoe —Seven miles in three days—The long portage made—Yehhuhs and their village—Cru- zatte's river—Canoe creek—Wcocksockwillacums—Smackshops—Sepulcher rock—Cataract river—Quinett creek—Labiche's river—Account of the Columb1a from the Rapids to the Narrows (Cascades to the Dalles)—Attempt to procure horses. ?RIDAY, April 4th, 1804. The hunters were still out in every direction. Those [Gass" party] from the opposite side of the river returned with the flesh of a bear [killed by Collins] and some venison, but that of six deer and an elk which they had killed was so meager and unfit for use that they had left it in the woods. Two other deer were brought in; but as the game seemed poor we dispatched a large party [Gibson, Shannon, Howard, and Wiser] to some low grounds on the south, six miles above us, to hunt there until our arrival. As usual many of the Indians came to our camp, some descending the rivers with their families, and others from below, with no object except to gratify their curio...« less