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LEWIS AND CLARK
JOURNALS [Nov. 8
Star? Side
opposit to a rock' Situated half a mile from the
shore,
about 50 feet high and 20 feet Deamieter; we
with
dificuelty found a place clear of the tide and
Sufficiently large
to lie on and the only place we could
get was on round stones
on which we lay our mats rain
continud moderately all day &
Two Indians accompanied us
from the last village, they we
detected in Stealing a
knife and returned, our Small Canoe
which got Seperated
in the fog this morning joined us this
evening from a
large Island situated nearest the Lard Side
below the
high hills on that Side, the river being too wide to
See
either the form Shape or Size of the Islands on the
Lard
Side.
Great joy in camp we are in view of the
Ocian,2 (in the
morning when fog cleared offjust below
last village (first on leaving
this village) of
Warkiacum) this great Pacific Octean which we
been so
long anxious to See. and the roreing or noise made by
the
waves brakeing on the rockey Shores (as I suppose) may
be
heard disti[n]ctly
We made 34 miles to day as
computed.
[Clark, first draft
:] Novo 8a: Friday 1805
a cloudy
morning some rain and wind we changed our
clothes and set
out at 9 oClock proceeded on close under the
Stard
Side
S. 63° W. 2 miles to a point on the Star? Side
passing under high
mountainious
country. some low Islands opposit
at
about 3 miles 3 Inds in a
canoe over took us
S. 60° W. 6 miles to Cape swells 3 on
the Stard Side, a Deep bend
to
the Star? Side high country
on both sides, passed an
old
village 2 H? at I mile on Std 4 houses at 3 miles
and
halted to dine at an old
village of several in a deep
bay
on the Star? Side of 5 miles
Deep. several arms still
further
into the land saw great numbers of
Swan
Geese and Ducks in this
shallow bay,
1 This is the present Pillar Rock. -
ED.
2 The ocean could not possibly be seen from this
point, although during a storm the
breakers might be
heard. The explorers probably mistook the great bay of the
river,
which just below this point widens to fifteen
miles, for the expanse of the ocean. -
ED.
8 Cape Swells was the upper
boundary of Gray's Bay.
-ED.
[210]
Object Description
| Document Number | AJ-100c |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-100c/ |
| Document Title | Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |
| Author | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809; Clark, William, 1770-1838 |
| Contributor | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 (editor) |
| Document Source | Thwaites, Reuben Gold (editor). Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of Its Committee on Historical Documents, Together with Manuscript Material of Lewis and Clark from Other Sources, including Note-Books, Letters, Maps, etc., and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse, Now for the First Time Published in Full and Exactly as Written. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1905). Volume 3. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-100c/print/ |
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| Notes | All of the portraits of Indians, scenes of Indian life, and most of the views of Western scenery are engravings based on original watercolor paintings by Karl Bodmer (1809-1893), and first published in Maximilian Prince of Wied's travel narrative, Reise in das innere Nord-America in den Jahren 1832-1834 (Coblenz: J. Hölscher, 1839-1841). |
| Genre | journal |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Northwest & Hawaii; Great Plains & Rocky Mountains; |
| State / Province | Idaho; Montana; Oregon; Washington; |
| Event Date | 1805-1806 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |
| Ethnicity | American; Indian; |
| Indian Tribe | Shoshonean; Tushepaw; Nez Percé; Shahaptian; Chinookan; Snake; Flatheads; Multnomah; Clatsop; Chehalis; Tillamook; |
| Key Persons & Places | Sacajawea; Mt. St. Helens; Columbia River; Pacific Ocean; |
| Encounters | contact / meeting; |
| Social Relations | Indian-white relations; white attitudes; women’s roles; communication; sexuality; |
| Life Stages | pregnancy & childbirth; aging; death; |
| Daily Life | clothing; food & water; tools & implements; health & illness; customs; housing & furnishings; holidays; |
| Art | decorative arts; |
| Religion & Beliefs | Indian practices; settlers' practices; Christianity; |
| Politics | intertribal relations; colonization; governance & laws; military; |
| Economics | fishing; hunting; domestic animals; trade & barter; manufactures; |
| Science & Technology | navigation; cartography; |
| Topography | rivers; mineral deposits; |
| Climate | rain; winds; cold weather; |
| Plants | trees; vegetables; |
| Animals | fish & marine life; insects; birds; mammals; |
| Digital Format | xml |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-100c |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/. |
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| Document Number | AJ-100c |
| Document URL | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-100c/ |
| Document Title | Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |
| Author | Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809; Clark, William, 1770-1838 |
| Contributor | Thwaites, Reuben Gold, 1853-1913 (editor) |
| Document Page | 210 |
| Document Source | Thwaites, Reuben Gold (editor). Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of Its Committee on Historical Documents, Together with Manuscript Material of Lewis and Clark from Other Sources, including Note-Books, Letters, Maps, etc., and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse, Now for the First Time Published in Full and Exactly as Written. (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1905). Volume 3. |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2003 |
| Print / Download PDF Version | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-100c/print/ |
| Read Background | http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-100c/summary/ |
| Genre | journal |
| Page Type | text |
| Language | English |
| Region / Country | Northwest & Hawaii; |
| State / Province | Oregon; Washington; |
| Event Date | November 8, 1805 |
| Expedition / Settlement | Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 |
| Social Relations | Indian-white relations; |
| Digital Format | jpeg |
| Digital Identifier | AJ-100c-0278 |
| Copyright & Access | © Copyright 2003 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin). For further information see http://www.americanjourneys.org/rights/. |
| Full Text |
LEWIS AND CLARK JOURNALS [Nov. 8 Star? Side opposit to a rock' Situated half a mile from the shore, about 50 feet high and 20 feet Deamieter; we with dificuelty found a place clear of the tide and Sufficiently large to lie on and the only place we could get was on round stones on which we lay our mats rain continud moderately all day & Two Indians accompanied us from the last village, they we detected in Stealing a knife and returned, our Small Canoe which got Seperated in the fog this morning joined us this evening from a large Island situated nearest the Lard Side below the high hills on that Side, the river being too wide to See either the form Shape or Size of the Islands on the Lard Side. Great joy in camp we are in view of the Ocian,2 (in the morning when fog cleared offjust below last village (first on leaving this village) of Warkiacum) this great Pacific Octean which we been so long anxious to See. and the roreing or noise made by the waves brakeing on the rockey Shores (as I suppose) may be heard disti[n]ctly We made 34 miles to day as computed. [Clark, first draft :] Novo 8a: Friday 1805 a cloudy morning some rain and wind we changed our clothes and set out at 9 oClock proceeded on close under the Stard Side S. 63° W. 2 miles to a point on the Star? Side passing under high mountainious country. some low Islands opposit at about 3 miles 3 Inds in a canoe over took us S. 60° W. 6 miles to Cape swells 3 on the Stard Side, a Deep bend to the Star? Side high country on both sides, passed an old village 2 H? at I mile on Std 4 houses at 3 miles and halted to dine at an old village of several in a deep bay on the Star? Side of 5 miles Deep. several arms still further into the land saw great numbers of Swan Geese and Ducks in this shallow bay, 1 This is the present Pillar Rock. - ED. 2 The ocean could not possibly be seen from this point, although during a storm the breakers might be heard. The explorers probably mistook the great bay of the river, which just below this point widens to fifteen miles, for the expanse of the ocean. - ED. 8 Cape Swells was the upper boundary of Gray's Bay. -ED. [210] |