Bancroft's Works History of the Northwest Coast vol 2 . vctche, called later by theemigrants buffalo chips, was used in making fires forcooking or other purposes. High mountains now approach the river on eitherside, until for a distance of five miles black graniterocks rise eight, ten, and twelve hundred feet sheerfrom the waters edge, black at the base, but lighter incolor toward the top. The channel here is threehundred and fifty yards in width. Entering between AT THE THREE FORKS. 21 these perpendicular mountains, seemingly boding darkdestruction on curious searchers of their secrets, theyc
Bancroft's Works History of the Northwest Coast vol 2 . vctche, called later by theemigrants buffalo chips, was used in making fires forcooking or other purposes. High mountains now approach the river on eitherside, until for a distance of five miles black graniterocks rise eight, ten, and twelve hundred feet sheerfrom the waters edge, black at the base, but lighter incolor toward the top. The channel here is threehundred and fifty yards in width. Entering between AT THE THREE FORKS. 21 these perpendicular mountains, seemingly boding darkdestruction on curious searchers of their secrets, theycall the place the Gates of the Rocky Passing through the gates they found the sky dark-ened with smoke, the natives of that region havingtaken to the mountains in alarm, after firing theplains. The weather now became warm, 80° in theshade. To Joseph Whitehouse, one of the company,was given a creek, to Patrick Gass another, to Howardanother, to Robert Frazier another, and so on. Clarke,preceding the boats by land, reached the three forks. Route from the Missouri to the Columbia. of the Missouri the 25th of July. This place havingbeen mentioned by the Indians, had been anxiouslylooked for. He ascended the north branch thirty-seven miles, and then crossing over to the middlebranch descended to the forks, severely sufferingduring the journey from illness. Meanwhile the mainbody came up the river and arrived at the the country seems suddenly to expand, and thehills to fall back and subside into meadows and plains. 13 The gates of the Rocky Mountains are 145 miles above the falls, andabout 400 miles from the source of the river. This name, says Thomas , in Montana, Hist. Soc. Co/itrib., 250, may do very well, thoughseveral other gates, but none so grand, intervene between it and the finalexit of the Missouri river from the mountains, thirty-six miles below. 22 LEWIS AND CLARKES EXPEDITION. It was on the morning of the 27th that the mainparty paused a
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