In present Oregon, a breakfast of dog is followed by a smoke with the Umatillas. They disembark down the Columbia River which is crowded with large rocks and rapids. They notice items from ocean-going trade ships, and at a Native burial site, they note sacrifices made to the dead.
An Indian Burial Site
by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Indian Rapids
Oregon Historical Society, #92212.
This view of Indian Rapids, taken before the end of the 19th century, suggests it was comparatively benign, at least from a distance. Just around the bend and a day away, however, awaited the infamous Long and Short Narrows and the Cascades of the Columbia, together the most dangerous stretch of the Columbia they would encounter. Indian Rapids have been submerged beneath the waters of Lake Umatilla, the reservoir behind John Day Dam, since the dam’s completion in 1971.—Joseph Mussulman
Parting Smoke
we concluded to delay untill after brackfast which we were obliged to make on the flesh of dog. after brackfast we gave all the Indian men Smoke, and we Set out leaveing about 200 of the nativs at our Encampment
—William Clark
Choked with Rocks
we passed a verry bad rapid, a chane or rocks makeing from the Stard. Side and nearly Chokeing the river up entirely with hugh black rocks, an Island below close under the Stard. Side on which was four Lodges of Indians drying fish,—
—William Clark
White Trade
At noon we came to an Indian camp on the point of a large island, where we stopped and got some fish and other provisions. We here saw some articles which shewed that white people had been here or not far distant during the summer. They have a hempen seine and some ash paddles which they did not make themselves.
—Patrick Gass
Indian Burial Site
our curiosity induced us to examine the methot those nativs practicd in disposeing the dead, the Vaut was made by broad poads [Nicholas Biddle: boards] and pieces of Canoes leaning on a ridge pole . . . . I observed great numbers of humane bones of every description perticularly in a pile near the Center of the vault, on the East End 21 Scul bomes forming a circle on Mats—
—William Clark
Sacrifices
we observed, independant of the canoes which Served as a Covering, fishing nets of various kinds, Baskets of different Sizes, wooden boles, robes Skins, trenchers, and various Kind of trinkets, in and Suspended on the ends of the pieces forming the vault; we also Saw the Skeletons of Several Horses at the vault & great number of bones about it, which Convinced me that those animals were Sacrefised as well as the above articles to the Deceased.)
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Day of the month Wind State of the Weather 20th S W fair Note from the 18th to the 22d of octr. descending the Great Columbia to the falls [Celilo Falls].
—William Clark[2]Some abbreviations have been spelled out.
Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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| ↑2 | Some abbreviations have been spelled out. |
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