. A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery under the command of Captain Lewis and Captain Clarke of the army of the United States [microform] : from the mouth of the river Missouri through the interior parts of North America, to the Pacific Ocean during the years 1804, 1805, & 1806 ... and an account of its inhabitants, soil, climate, curiosities and vegetable and animal productions. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. niglit. We got fiah and dogs from the natives, and some berries, different from any we got be- fore, some ca^l tiicm cranberries; whether of tljfi real
. A journal of the voyages and travels of a corps of discovery under the command of Captain Lewis and Captain Clarke of the army of the United States [microform] : from the mouth of the river Missouri through the interior parts of North America, to the Pacific Ocean during the years 1804, 1805, & 1806 ... and an account of its inhabitants, soil, climate, curiosities and vegetable and animal productions. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. niglit. We got fiah and dogs from the natives, and some berries, different from any we got be- fore, some ca^l tiicm cranberries; whether of tljfi real l^ind or not I am not certiin. In our way down to-day, we saw a great many sea otters swimming in the river, and killed some, but could not get them, as they sunk to the bottom. This village has better lodges than any on the river above; o^e story of which i* sunk under ground and lined with flag mats. The upper part, about 4 feet above ground, is covered over with cedar bark, and they aje tole- rably cornfertable houses. Friday 25th. — We found there Mere bad rapids in the narrows, and therefore carried over part of our baggage by land, about three quarters of a mile; aad then took the over, one at a time. In going over, one of them filled with water, on account of which we were detained three hours. The rapids continued 3 or 4 miles, when the river became more placid At night we came to a place where there is a considerable quantity of timber on the hills both oak and pine, and encamped at the moutil of a creek on the *outh side. The natives about h€re are, or pretend to be, very uneasy, and say the Indiana below will kill us. We puiv Gbased from them-a quantity of dried pounded fish, wbich fh&y had prepared in that way fof^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gass, Patrick, 1
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