. 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. 175 the Columbia river is about 40 miles, and the road or way said to be good. There were about twenty of the natives came over with Captain Lewis, and
. 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. 175 the Columbia river is about 40 miles, and the road or way said to be good. There were about twenty of the natives came over with Captain Lewis, and had the same number of horses. Here we unloaded the canoes, and had a talk with the Indians, and agreed with them that they should lend us some of their horses to carry our baggage to the Columbia river. Sunday I8th.—A fine morning. We bought three horses of the Indians. Captain Clarke, and eleven more, witli our interpreter and his wife, and all the Indians, sat out at eleven o'clock to go over to the Columbia. The Indians went for horses to carry our baggage, and we to search for timber to make canoes for descendino- the Columbia. We proceeded up the north branch, which is the largest and longest branch of Jefferson river, through a handsome valley, about 5 miles wide. In this we found a number of springs and small branches, but no timber. There is plenty of grass and clover, and also some flax all along it. The Indians all except five, went on ahead. We travelled 15 miles, and encamped close on the branch which is about 5 yards wide. Here we killed two small deer. The country all around is very mountainous, with some few pine trees on the mountains. At three o'clock this afternoon, there was a vio- lent gust of wind, and some ruin fell. In about. 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, Pa
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