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from the original manuscripts in the library of the American Philosophical Society and by direction of its committee on historical documents |
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C. | C. CLARK'S SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RIVERS, CREEKS,
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SCIENTIFIC DATA ACCOMPANYING
The ORIGINAL JOURNALS OF
LEWIS AND CLARK Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 | ||
C. CLARK'S SUMMARY STATEMENT OF RIVERS, CREEKS,
AND MOST REMARKABLE PLACES.
CLARK made three tabulations of this character:
(1) That found in Codex C, pp. 242–253, having
been drawn up at Fort Mandan; (2) another in
Codex I, pp. 2–12 (also, substantially the same, in Clark-Voorhis
note-book No. 4), made at Fort Clatsop, and giving
the route out; and (3) a final draft, both in Codex N, pp.
128–142, and in Clark-Voorhis note-book No. 4, prepared apparently
after the return home. The third tabulation seeks to
give the best route from the mouth of the Missouri to the
Pacific Ocean, and includes Lewis's short-cut path homeward,
between Travellers' Rest Creek and the Falls of the Missouri
—given, however, in the reverse order. We have, for convenience
of consultation, herein amalgamated these several
statements.——Ed.]
A Summary Statement of the Rivers Creeks and most remarkable
places, their distances from each other &c. their distances
from the Mississippi assending the Missouri, across the Rocky
mountains and down the Columbia to the Pacific Ocian as was
explored in the year 1804, 5, and 6, by Capts. Lewis & Clark &c
Names of remarkable places. | The width of rivers and creeks in yds. |
Side on which they are Situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distances up the Missouri from the Mississippi |
Latitude North of important Places |
River Dubois Latitude 38° 55′ 19.6″ Longtd 89° 57′ 45″ |
yards | Ms | Ms | ||
To the Village of St Charles | N.E. | 21 | 21 | 38° 54′ 39″ | |
" Bon-homme Creek | — | S.W | 12 | 33 | |
" the Osage Womans River | 30 | N.E. | 20 | 41 | |
" a Cave Called the Tavern | — | S.W | 5 | 47 | |
" " Chauretts Village & Creek | 20 | N.E. | 27 | 68 | |
" " Shepherds Creek | S.W. | 15 | 83 | ||
" " Gasconnade River | 157 | S.W. | 17 | 100 | 38° 44′ 35.3″ |
" " Muddy River | 50 | N.E. | 15 | 115 | |
" Grand Osage River | 397 | S.W. | 18 | 133 | 38° 31′ 16.9″ |
" the Murrow Creek | 20 | S.W. | 5 | 138 |
Names of remarkable places. | The width of rivers and creeks in yds. |
Side on which they are Situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distances up the Missouri from the Mississippi |
Latitude North of important Places |
yards | Ms | Ms | |||
To the Cedar Island & Creek | 20 | N.E. | 7 | 145 | |
" " Lead Mine Hill | S.W. | 9 | 154 | ||
" " Manitou Creek | 20 | S.W. | 8 | 162 | |
" " Split rock Creek | 20 | N.E. | 8 | 170 | |
" " Saline or Salt River | 30 | S.W. | 3 | 173 | |
" " Manitou River | 30 | N.E. | 9 | 182 | |
" " Good Womans River | 35 | N.E. | 9 | 191 | |
" " Mine River | 70 | S.W. | 9 | 200 | |
" " Arrow Prarie | S.W. | 6 | 206 | ||
'Two Charliton Rivers | {30 70 | N.E. | 14. | 220 | |
" " antient village of the Missouri Nation near which place Fort Orleans stood |
N.E. | 16 | 236 | ||
" Grand River | 90 | N.E. | 4 | 240 | 38° 47′ 34″ |
" " Snake Creek | 18 | N.E. | 6 | 246 | |
" " antient village of the little Osarge |
S.W. | 10 | 256 | ||
" 'Tiger's Island and Creek | 25 | N.E. | 20 | 276 | |
" Eueberts[15] Island Creek | S.W. | 12 | 388 | ||
" 'Fire prarie Creek | S.W. | 12 | 300 | ||
" " Fort point | S.W. | 6 | 306 | ||
" " Hay Cabin Creek | 20 | S.W. | 6 | 312 | |
" " Coal Bank | S.W. | 9 | 321 | ||
" " Blue water River | 30 | S.W. | 10 | 331 | |
" Kanza River | 230 | S.W. | 9 | 340 | 39° 5′ 25.7″ |
" the Lite River Platt | 60 | N.E. | 9 | 349 | |
" [point] 1/2 Ms. above Dimond Island | S.W. | — | — | 39° 9′ 38.6″ | |
" the Waarba, Warconda Island oppoe the 1st. Old Kanzas Villag |
— | S.W. | 26 | 377 | |
" 3 Ms. bel, the 2d. old village of the Kance |
— | S.W. | — | — | 39° 25′ 47.5″ |
" " Indepeance Creek a mile below the old Kanzas Village |
S.W. | 28 | 405 | ||
" " St Michis prarie | N.E. | 25 | 430 | ||
" " Nadawaver | 70 | N.E. | 20 | 450 | 39° 39′ 22.4″ |
" " Wolf or up River | 60 | S.W. | 14 | 464 | |
" Big Ne-me-hRiver | 80 | S.W. | 16 | 480 | 39° 55′ 56″ |
" the Tar-ki-o eek | 23 | N.E. | 3 | 483 | |
opposit the center of Good Island | — | S.W. | — | — | 40° 20′ 12″ |
" " Neesh-nah-b-to-no River | 50 | N.E. | 25 | 508 | |
" " Little Ne-Mahar River | 48 | S.W. | 8 | 516 | 40° 8′ 31.8″[16] |
Names of remarkable places. | The width of rivers and creeks in yds. |
Side on which they are Situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distances up the Missouri from the Mississippi |
Latitude North of important Places |
yards | Ms | Ms | |||
To the Bald Pated Prarie the Neesh-} Nahbatona within 150 Yards of the Missouri |
— | N.E. | 23 | 539 | 40° 27′ 6.4″ |
Pt opposit to a Island being the extremity of the 4th. course of July 19th. on L. S. |
— | S.W | — | — | 40° 29′ 38″' |
" " Weeping Water Creek | 25 | S.W. | 29 | 568 | |
" " River Platt (or Shoal river | 600 | S.W. | 32 | 600 | 40° 54′ 35″ |
" " Butterfly or papelion Creek | 18 | S.W. | 3 | ||
" " Musquetor Creek | 22 | N.E. | 7 | 610 | |
" " Camp Pt. of observn. 10 ms. N. 15° W of Platt R White Catfish Camp |
— | S.W. | — | — | 41° 3′ 104″ |
" " antiant Village of the Ottoes | S.W. | 11 | |||
" " antient Ayauways Village below a Bluff on the N. E. Side |
N.E. | 6 | |||
" " Bowyers river | 25 | N.E. | 11 | ||
" Councill Bluffs (establishmt.) | S.W. | 12 | 650 | 41° 17' 0″ | |
opposit pond Inlet August 4th. | — | S.W. | — | — | 41° 2′ 3″ |
on the Side of a Sand Island August 5th. |
— | — | — | — | 41° 0' 6″ |
" Soldiers River | 40 | N.E. | 39 | 689 | |
" Ea-neah, Wau-de-pon or Stone River Little Sieux R. |
80 | N.E. | 44 | 733 | 41 42′ 34.3″ |
" the hill where the Late King of the Mahars was buried on a high hill |
S.W. | 4° 1′ 3.8″ | |||
" the Wau-can-de or bad sperit Creek | S.W. | 55 | 788 | ||
around a bend of the river to the N. E. the Gorge of which is only 974 Yds |
21 | 809 | |||
To an Island 3 miles N E of the Mahar vilg Camp Fish augt. 14th. |
27 | 836 | 42° 13′ 41″ | ||
" Floyds Bluff and River | 35 | N.E. | 14 | 85 | |
" the Big Sieoux River | 110 | N.E. | 3 | 853 | 42° 23′ 49″ |
" " commencement of the Copperas cobalt, pirites and alum bluffs |
S.W. | 27 | 80 | ||
To the Hot or burning Bluffs | S.W. | 30 | 10 | ||
" " White Stone River | 30 | N.E. | 8 | 918 | |
" " Petite Arc an old Mahar Village. at the mouth of little bow Creek |
15 | S.W. | 20 | 938 | |
" River Jacque or James River | 90 | N.E. | 12 | 950 | 42° 53′ 13″ |
" the calumet Bluffs (of mineral) | S.W. | 10 | 960 | ||
" Antient fortification Good mans 1sd. | S.W. | 16 | 976 | ||
" Plumb Creek | 12 | N.E. | 10 | 986 | |
" White paint Creek | 28 | S.W. | 994 | ||
" Quicurre or rapid river | 152 | S.W. | 6 | 1000 |
Names of remarkable places. | The width of rivers and creeks in yds. |
Side on which they are Situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distances up the Missouri from the Mississippi |
Latitude North of important Places |
yards | Ms | Ms | |||
To the Poncar River & Village | 30 | S.W. | 10 | 1010 | |
" " Dome and village of Burrowing or barking Squirels |
S.W. | 20 | 1030 | ||
" " Island of Cedar | 45 | 1075 | |||
" White River (handsom Spot) | 300 | S.W. | 55 | 1130 | |
" the three Rivers of the Seioux pass opposit an Island |
35 &c. | N.E. | 22 | 1152 | |
" an Island in the comencmt. of the big bend |
N.E. | 20 | 1172 | ||
" upper part of the big bend, or "Grand de Tourte" the Gorge of which is 1 1/4 Ms. |
S.W. | 30 | 1202 | ||
" Tylors River | 35 | S.W. | 6 | 1208 | |
" Louisells [Loisel's] Fort on Cedar Island |
18 | 1226 | 44° 11′ 33″ | ||
" Teton River | 70 | S.W. | 37 | 1263 | |
" the upper of five old Ricara Villages reduced by the Sieoux & abandoned |
S.W. | 42 | 1305 | ||
" Chyenne River (place for an Estmt.) | 400 | S.W. | 5 | 1310 | 44° 19′ 36″ |
" an old ricara village on La-hoo-catts Island |
47 | 1357 | |||
" Otter Creek | 22 | S.W. | 35 | — | |
" Sar-war-kar-na River | 90 | S.W. | 40 | 1397 | 45° 35′ 5″ |
" We-tar-hoo River | 120 | S.W. | 25 | 1422 | |
" Maropa River | 25 | S.W. | 2 | — | |
To 1st. Ricaras Village on an Island | S.W. | 4 | |||
" 2d. Ricaras 3 Villages | S.W. | 4 | 1430 | ||
" the Stone Idol Creek | 18 | N.E. | 18 | ||
" " War-re-con-ne River | 35 | N.E. | 40 | 1488 | |
" Cannon Ball River | 140 | S.W. | 12 | 1500 | 46° 29′ 0″ |
" Shy-wish or Fish Crek | 28 | N.E. | 5 | ||
" Chesschetar River near 6 old Mandan Vgs |
38 | S.W. | 40 | 1540 | |
" Hunting Creek | 25 | S.W | 14 | ||
" the Old Ricara & Mandan Villages | S.W. | 40 | 1580 | ||
" Fort Mandan (wintering post of 1804 |
N.E. | 20 | 1600 | 47° 21′ 47″ |
[Here, in the journal written at Fort Mandan (Codex C),
Clark inserted the following table based upon Indian information.
—Ed.]
The Missouri and it's Subsidiary Streams higher up; are taken altogether
from information collected dureing the Winter 1804, 5 of
Indians &c.
near yds | about miles | miles | ||
To the Mouth of the little Missouri or E-mâh-tark, Ah-Zhah |
100 | S.W. | 100 | 1730 |
To Ok-hah, Âh-zhah, or the White Earth River | 100 | N.W. | 117 | 1847 |
To the Mouth of Mee, Ah-zhah or Yellow Stone River |
400 | S.W. | 3 | 1850 |
To the mouth of Ah-mâh-tâh, ru-shush-sher, or the River which Scolds at all others |
abt. 100 | North | 150 | 2000 |
To the Mouth of the Mah-tush; ah-zhah or the Muscle Shell River |
140 | South | 120 | 2120 |
" the Great Falls | — | — | 120 | 2240 |
" Mah-pat-puh, Ah-zhah or Medison River | 150 | N.W. | 15 | 2255 |
To the 1st. Chain of Rockey mountains about | — | — | 60 | 2315 |
To the 2nd. Chain of Rockey mountains about | — | — | 75 | 2390 |
To the three forks of the Missouri above the 3rd. Chain of mountains |
— | — | 75 | 2465 |
To the foot of the next mountain nearly West | — | N.W. | 50 | 2515 |
To a large River on the West of the mountain | — | — | 15 | 2530 |
The Yellow Stone River and it's Subsidiary Streams &c.
yards | miles | miles | ||
To the mouth of Oke-tar-pas-ah-ha | abt. 30 | S.E. | 75 | 1705 |
" War-rah-sash or Powder R | " 40 | S.E. | 75 | 1780 |
" Le-ze-ka or Tongu [e] River | " 100 | S.E. | 50 | 1830 |
" Mar-shas-kap River | " 40 | S.E. | 100 | 1930 |
" Little Wolf mountain Creek | " 20 | N.W. | 55 | 1985 |
" Ark tar-ha River | " 30 | S.E. | 70 | 2055 |
" Ar-sar-ta or Bighorn R | " 150 | S.E. | 75 | 2130 |
" To the Rockey or Shineing Mountains | — | N.W. | 200 | 2330 |
From Fort Mandan] | Width in Yards. |
Side on which they are situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distances up the Missouri from the Mississippi |
Latitudes & remarks. &c. |
To Mandan Villages 1 on each Side |
4 | 1604 | |||
" Knife river on which the two Minetarre and the Mahar has villages are Situated near the mouth |
80 | S.W. | 2 | 1606 | |
" the Island | 11 | 1617 | small | ||
" Menatarras Wintering Village Std. |
— | 13 1/2 | — | abandoned | |
" " Miry River on Stard side |
10 | N.E. | 15 | 1633 | bold stream |
" an Island in the little bason | 28 | small | |||
" Little Missouri River | 134 | S.W. | 29 | 1690 | 47°. 31′. 26″.2. N. |
" the Wild onion Creek | 16 | N.E. | 12 | 1702 | a little water |
" " Goose egg Lake | 300 | N.E. | 9 | 1711 | Small |
" " Shabonos Creek | 20 | S.W. | 16 | 1727 | 47°. 47′ 16″ 3/10 N. |
" " Goat pen Creek | 20 | N.E. | 16 | 1743 | at this place Mouse river approaches near the Missouri |
" " Halls Strand Lake & Creek | N.E. | 47 | 1790 | extream N. point | |
" " White earth River | 60 | N.E. | 50 | 1840 | Still & deep |
Rochejhone or Yellow Stone River | 858 | S.W. | 40 | 1880 | 48°. -00′-00″ N. |
to Marthys River | 50 | N.E. | 60 | 1940 | High Coloured |
" Porcupine River | 112 | N.E. | 50 | 1990 | Some timber on it |
To 2000 Mile Creek | 30 | S.W. | 1993 | no water at pest. | |
To Indian Fort Creek dry | — | S.W. | 10 | 2003 | a fort of logs |
" the little Dry Creek | 25 | S.W. | 27 | 2030 | no water in it |
" Lack water Creek | 25 | N.E. | 1 1/2 | 2031 1/2 | d°. d°. d°. d°. |
" the Big Dry Creek | 100 | S.W. | 7 1/2 | 2039 | d°. d°. d°. d°. |
" " Little Dry River | 200 | S.W. | 6 | 2045 | d°. d°. d°. d°. |
" " Gulf in a Stard. Bend | 32 | 2077 | 47° 36′ 11″ | ||
to Milk River | 150 | N.E. | 13 | 2090 | Color of tea |
" Big Dry River | 400 | S.W. | 25 | 2115 | no water runing |
" Werners Run | 10 | N.E. | 9 | 2124 | 47°. 25′–33″ 1/10. |
" Pine Creek | 20 | N.E. | 36 | 2160 | Saw 1st pine |
" Gibsons River | 35 | N.E. | 17 | 2177 | a little running watr. |
" Brown Bear defeated Creek | 40 | S.W. | 12 | 2189 | d° d° d° |
" Brattens River | 100 | N.E. | 24 | 2213 | 47°. 13′ 51″ N. |
" Burnt Lodge Creek | 50 | S.W. | 6 | 2219 | no water running |
" Wisers Creek | 40 | N.E. | 14 | 2233 | a little running W. |
" Blowingfly Creek | 25 | S.W. | 32 | 2265 | d° d° d° |
" Muscle Shell River | 110 | S.W. | 5 | 2270 | 47° 0′ 24.6″ |
" Grouse Creek | 20 | N.E. | 30 | 2300 | no running water |
" Teapot Creek | 15 | N.E. | 8 | 2308 | d° d°. d°. |
" North Mountain Creek | 30 | N.E. | 28 | 2336 | running water |
" South Mountain Creek | 30 | S.W. | 18 | 2354 | d°. d°. |
" Ibex Island | 15 | 2369 | Killed the 1st big horn |
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" Goodriches Island | 9 | 2378 |
From Fort Mandan] | Width in Yards. |
Side on which they are situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distances up the Missouri from the Mississippi |
Latitudes & remarks, &c. |
To Windsers Creek | 30 | N.E. | 7 | 2385 | some water runs |
" Softshell turtle Creek | 25 | N.E. | 6 | 2391 | d° d° d° |
" Elk rapid (Swift water) | 9 | 2400 | {Doe Elk & fawn swam over |
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" Thompsons Creek | 28 | N.E. | 27 1/2 | 2427 1/2 | {vally above Mts. bold stream |
" Bull Creek | 25 | S.W. | 8 1/2 | 2436 | {a Buffalow crossed a canoe & then charged through camp |
" Judieths River Big horn | 100 | S.W. | 3 | 2439 | killed 3 big horns |
" Vally Creek | 20 | N.E | 1 | 2440 | thro a vally N. |
" Ash rapid (swift water) | 3 | 2443 | Some Ash trees. | ||
" Slaughter River | 40 | S.W. | 11 | 2454 | {a great n° of buffalow drove down a clift and dashed to pieces on Std. I speared a wolf. |
" the Stone Wall Creek above those emence nateral walls |
30 | N.E. | 26 | 2480 | curious appearance of walls below |
" Maria's River | 186 | N.E. | 41 | 2521 | 47° 25′ 17.2 N. |
" Snow River | 50 | S.W. | 19 | 2540 | Mts. Covd. with Snow head of this river |
" Shields River | 35 | S.W. | 28 | 2568 | bold Stream |
" the foot of the enterance of portage River 5 Miles below the Great falls |
45 | S.W. | 7 | 2575 | 47° 8′ 4″ 9/10 N. |
[From this point the final draft follows the land route—
Lewis and Clark's pass to the Kooskooskee. The table here
inserted follows the actual route going out and is taken from
both Codex I and Clark-Voorhis note-book No. 4.—Ed.]
Names of remarkable places. | [Distance] from one place to another |
Distance to the mouth of Missouri |
Latitudes & remarks, &c. |
to Portage River Lard. Side 55 | 1 | 2576 | rapid & Sholey |
to the first great fall of 87 feet pitch | 6 | 2582 | Continual Spray |
to the Second fall of 19 feet pitch | 3 1/2 | — | or 1718 poles |
to the Grand Cascade of 47 feet 8 In. pitch | 1/2 | — | = 102 poles |
to the upper fall of 26.5 pitch total fall above portg. about 362 feet |
2 3/4 | 2590 1/2 | = 881 poles |
to Medicine River Std. 137 | 3 3/4 | 2594 1/4 | 1196 poles |
Names of remarkable places. | [Distance] from one place to another |
Distance to the mouth of Missouri |
Latitudes & remarks, &c. |
to the head of the Portage on the Ld. at the White Bear Islands, the land portage 18 miles thro. a plain |
3 | 2597 1/4 | {972 poles 47°. 3′ 33″ N. |
to Smith's River Lard. 80 | 30 3/4 | 2628 | bold current & Vally. |
to the Rockey Mountains at Pine Island} rapid |
40 1/4 | 2668 1/4 | 46°. 42′ 14″ 7/10 |
to Dearbourne's River Std. 80 | 8 3/4 | 2676 | bold current & in Mtn. |
to Gun brook Ld. 10 | 2 | 2678 | found a fusee |
to Ordways Creek Std 25 | 10 | 2688 | bold Current V[al]ly |
to the Great gate of the rocky Mounts. river confined in a narrow Chanel between clifts 10 or 1200 feet high |
24 | 2712 | {W. Clark crossed Sd. Mt. |
to Potts' s Vally Creek Std. bold | 6 | 2718 | Wide Vally N. |
to Pryors Vally River Std. 28 | 20 | 2738 | Latd. 46°. 10′ 32″ 9/10 N bold Current and wide extensive Vally saw a smoke NW |
to White Earth Creek Std. 15 | 30 | 2768 | bold |
to WhiteHouse Creek Lard. bold | 11 | 2779 | Some timber on it |
to Yorks 8 Islands | 23 | 2802 | {W. C. on land York tired |
to Gass's Vally Creek Std. 25 | 14 | 2816 | bold & 3 forks |
to the Little Gate of the Mountain | 5 | 2821 | we saw a horse |
to Howards Creek Lard. bold | 6 | 2827 | {Mistook to opening of the creek for the[17] |
{W. C. return to the party very sick. |
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to the Three Forks of Missouri at Jefferson, Maddison & Gallitins rivers. Gallitins on Ld. and 70 Yds. wide Maddeson 90 yds. wide & Jeffersons 90 yds. wide and is the Std. fork |
21 | 2848 | 45°. 22′ 34″. N |
Up Jeffersons River | |||
to Philosophy River on Ld. side 30 | 15 | 2863 | bold rapid full of beaver |
to the Narrows of the 3d. Mountn. | 17 | 2880 | M. L. go a head |
to Frasures Creek & rapid Ld. bold | 8 | 2888 | bad rapid |
to R. Field's Vally Creek Sd. 28 | 4 | 2892 | R. F. killed 4 deer |
to Wisdom River Std. 40 | 55 | 2947 | 45°. 2′ 21″ 6/10 N |
to Philanthrophy River Ld. 30 | 12 | 2959 | river crooked |
to Beaver head Clift Stad. | 34 | 2993 | d° d° |
to Mc.Neals Creek Ld. 17 | 37 | 3030 | bold stream |
to the 4th. Gap of the Mountain | 28 | 3058 | {Saw Several rattle snakes |
to Willards Creek Std. bold | 6 | 3064 | {Willard discovered this the day before we got to it. |
to a rapid at the Narrows of 5th. Mtn. | 21 | 3085 | {a bad rapid for half a mile |
Names of remarkable places. | [Distance] from one place to another |
Distance to the mouth of Missouri |
Latitudes & remarks, &c. |
to the East Fork of Jeffersons river at which} place left the canoes and commen[c]ed a portage |
11 | 3096 | 44°. 35' 28″ 1/10 |
to the 3 forks in Snake Indian cove | 15 | 3111 | {W. C. Camp with Inds. |
to the head Spring of Jeffersons river in} a Dividing ridge of the rock[y] M. |
13 | 3124 | meet an Ind. on a Mule |
to East fork of Lewis's river the S.E.} branch of the Columbia at the So so nee or Snake indian incampment in Lodges made of bushes at which place the river is 36 yds |
10 | 3134 | 44°. 23′ 22″ 7/10 |
to the main fork of Lewis'es River Ld. 90 | 18 | 3152 | from the South East |
to Salmon Creek Std. Side bold | 9 | 3161 | Shields killed a salmon |
to Tower run Std. small | 14 | 3175 | leave Lewis's river |
Up tower run to the forks of the road | 4 | 3179 | {road leaves the river to the right |
Across the hills. To fish Creek six miles} north of it's mouth 25 |
20 | 3199 | hilly road |
Up Fish creek to the forks of the road &} Creek |
7 1/2 | 3206 1/2 | {leave the road to the right |
to the Top of a Snow Mountain at the} head of the west fork of fish creek |
21 1/2 | 3228 | pilot lost his way |
to Clark's River at a Village of 33 tents} of Flathead |
12 | 3240 | River from right |
Down Clark's River | |||
to flour Camp Creek Ld. bold | 7 | 3247 | over a mountn. |
to Horse Vally Creek from the right | 26 | 3273 | bold stream |
to Scattered Creek from the right passing} through Hors[e] Vally |
22 | 3295 | 46°. 41′–38″.9 |
to Travellers rest Creek Ld. 30 | 21 | 3316 | 46°. 48' 28″. 8/10 |
passing up Travellers rest Creek to the} forks of the road and Creek Sd. |
11 | 3327 | {Here we fall into the Portage from the Falls of the Missouri across the Mountains road to our right |
to the Hot Springs on the right | 14 | 3341 | nearly boiling |
to the Glades on the Divinding Mt. | 10 | 3351 | |
to the forks of Glade Creek | 6 | 3357 | {a fork from the North we crossed to S.E. Side |
to Koos-koos-ke river at the enterance of} Glade Creek |
9 | 3366 | Killed and eate a Coalt |
to the foot of the Great Mountains | 6 | 3372 | {open Hilly pine country |
Across the Great Rocky Mountains | |||
to the top of a Mountain Covered with} Snow the 15th. of Sepr. a road comes in from the right on the mountain |
8 | 3380 | Snow high ruged |
Names of remarkable places. | [Distance] from one place to another |
Distance to the mouth of Missouri |
Latitudes & remarks, &c. |
to a branch running to the right on M | 13 | 3393 | {Snowed all day Eate a coalt |
to a branch running to the left | 10 | 3403 | Eat a Coalt |
to Hungary Creek from the right | 32 | Hills covered with snow | |
to the forks of Collins's Creek from the right | 26 | Killed a Horse | |
to the foot of the Rocky Mountains on} the West side |
8 | 3469 | open pine country |
to the Cho-pun-nish Village | 6 | seatd. in a small prarie | |
to Koos-koos-ke River at the Mouth of} Village Creek from the right |
17 | about 120 yds. wide | |
to Rock dam Creek Stard. 20 yds | 3 | [3495] | damed by rocks |
[At this point the navigation by water was again resumed,
and our table hereafter follows the final draft. The two tables
of distances from the Mississippi differ according to the varying
length of the routes—direct and actual.—Ed.]
Remarkable places decending the Columbia &c. &c. |
width of the rivers and Creeks |
the Side on which they are Situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distance Decending the Columbia |
Distance from the Mississippi [direct route] |
Distance from the Mississippi [actual route] |
Latitude Remarks &c. |
yds | MS. | MS. | Miles | ||||
To the enterance of Rock} dam Creek |
20 | N. | 8 | 8 | 2923 | 3495 | |
" " Chopunnish River | 120 | N. | 5 | 13 | 2928 | 3500 | 46° 34′ 56.2″ |
" Canister run | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | Passed 16 rapids |
" " Colters Creek | 35 | N. | 18 | 50 | 2978 | 3537 | passed 14 rapids |
" Lewis' s River at the} enterance of the Kooskooske river |
200 | S. | 23 | 73 | 2988 | 3560 | 46° 29' 21.7″ |
" the Swet house Village} & run |
S. | 7 | 80 | 3567 | Passed 1 rapid | ||
" " Pilots Village | N. | 11 | 91 | 3006 | 3578 | Passed 4 rapids | |
" a Village of Mat Lodges | N. | 13 | — | — | 3591 | " 3 " | |
" " Ki-moo-e-nimm Creek | 20 | S. | 35 | 139 | 3626 | " 8 " | |
" Drewyers river below} the Narrows of Lewis's R 2 1/2 miles & 30 yds wide |
30 | N. | 5 | 144 | 3059 | 3631 | " 1 " |
" the Cave rapid (Canoe} Sunk) |
28 | 172 | 3659 | passed 5 rapids | |||
" the Bason rapid. (bad) | 34 | 206 | 3121 | 3693 | " 8 " | ||
" " Discharge Rapid} (bad) |
14 | 220 | 3135 | 3707 | " 4 " |
Remarkable places decending the Columbia &c. &c. |
Width of the rivers and Creeks |
the Side on which they are Situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distance Decending the Columbia |
Distance from the Mississippi [direct route] |
Distance from the Mississippi [actual route] |
Latitude Remarks &c. |
yds | MS. | MS. | Miles | ||||
To Columbia at the mouth} of Lewis' s river from the East |
S.E. | 7 | 227 | 3142 | 3714 | 46° 15′ 13.9″ | |
" Wallarwallars River} passd. 11 large mat Lodges of that nation |
40 | S.E | 16 | 243 | 3158 | 3730 | {passed 2 rapids one bad. hills about 200 feet. |
" Muscleshell Rapid (bad) passed 33 mat lodges of the Wallar-wallars |
25 | 268 | 3183 | 3755 | {passed 2 rapids Low Cty C[om]. m[ences on]Ld. |
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" Pillacon Rapid.} passed 48 lodges of the Pishquitpahs nation |
N. | 22 | 290 | 3205 | 3777 | {low country on both sides of R |
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" 21 lodges of the wah-} howpum nation residing on three Islands at the commencement of the high country |
N. | 18 | 308 | 3223 | 3795 | {passed 2 rapids (horse secrfised to the dead) |
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" 8 Lodges of the wah-} howpums at short rapid |
N. | 27 | 335 | 3250 | 3820 | passed 2 rapids | |
" the Short Rapid | — | — | 6 | — | — | 3826 | " 1 " |
" Rocky Rapid. 9} lodges of the Same nation |
N. | 7 | 348 | 3263 | 3833 | " 1 " | |
" River La Page, bad rapid | 40 | S. | 9 | 357 | 3272 | 3842 | " 2 " |
" 27 lodges of the Enes-} her nation at fish tack rapid |
N. | 10. | 367 | 3282 | 3852 | {Campd. passed 1 rapid |
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" Towannahiooks River | 180 | S. | 8 | 375 | 3290 | 3860 | {we all viewed it above its mouth |
" The Great Falls or} the Columbia river of 37 ft. 8 Ins. near which there are 40 Mat lodges of the Enesher Nation |
N. | 4 | 379 | 3294 | 3864 | 45° 42′ 57.3″ | |
The Short narrows 45} yds. wide |
2 | 381 | 3296 | passed 1 rapid | |||
" Skillute Village of 21} large wood houses at the long narrows from 50 to 100 yds. wide |
N. | 4 | 385 | 3300 | 3870 | 40° 1′ ″[18] | |
" Chilluckitequaw Vil-} lage of 8 large wood nouses |
N. | 14 | 399 | 3314 | 3884 | bought Dogs |
Remarkable places decending the Columbia &c. &c. |
width of the rivers and Creeks |
the Side on which they are situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distance Decending the columbia |
Distance from the mississippi [direct route] |
Distance from the mississippi [actual route] |
Latitude Remarks &c. |
yds | MS. | MS. | Miles | ||||
To Cataract river a few} miles below a Village of 7 houses and immediately above one of 11 Houses of the Chilluckittequaw nation |
60 | N. | 10 | 409 | 3324 | 3894 | {10 nations live up this river. no fish |
"Sepulchre Rock, op-} posite to a Village of Hs. of Chilluckitteqs |
N. | 4 | 413 | 3328 | |||
"River Labeich oppo-} site to 26 houses of the Smackshop Nation, Houses scattered on the N. Side each side |
46 | S. | 9 | 422 | 3337 | 3907 | {the first houses we have seen on the south side |
"Little Lake Canoe} Creek 3 houses of the Smackshop nation |
28 | N. | 10 | 432 | 3347 | 3917 | {saw Several Canoes encamped |
"Cruzatts River | 60 | N. | 12 | 444 | 3359 | 3929 | {stumps out from shore some dists. |
"The Grand Rapid just} below the village of the Yehuh tribe of the Shahala Nation of 14 wood houses |
[*]N | 6 | 450 | 3365 | 3935 | 45° 44′ 3.8″ | |
"Clahclellah Village of} the Shahala nation, near the foot of the rapids. 7 Houses |
N. | 6 | 456 | 3371 | |||
"Wahclellar Village of} the Shahala Nation 23 houses just below the entrance of the beacon rock Creek[19] |
N. | 6 | 462 | 3377 | {This Beaten rock rises from a leavel bottom near the R |
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Tide Water. | |||||||
"Phoca Rock in the} river 60 feet above water 100 foot high |
11 | 473 | 3388 | 3958 | {This rock is near the middle of the river Saw Seal's |
Remarkable places decending the Columbia &c. &c. |
width of the rivers and Creeks |
the side on which they are Situated |
Distance from on place to another |
Distance Decending the Columbia |
Distance from the Mississippi [direct route] |
Distance from the Mississippi [actual route] |
Latitude Remarks &c. |
yds | Ms. | Ms. | Miles | ||||
To the Commencement of} the Columbian Vally, wide & beautiful |
— | — | 6 | — | — | 3964 | rich & extensive |
" Quicksand River | 120 | S. | 3 | 482 | 3397 | 3967 | shallow & Spreads over a wide bar |
" Seal River opsd. upper pt. of white brant Isld. |
80 | N. | 3 | 485 | 3970 | {emence No. of brant |
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" Nechacokee village} opposite to the dimond Island |
S. | 4 | 489 | 3974 | {2 large Ponds on this Island. |
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" White goose Isld. opsd.} Lowr. pt. |
— | — | 6 | — | — | 3980 | {I sho[t] white gees |
" Shahala Village of 25 temperary houses |
S. | 6 | 501 | 3416 | 3986 | grass houses &c. | |
" the head of image Canoe Isld. |
— | — | 4 | — | — | 3990 | {met 2 canoes on which was images |
" Multnomah River | 500 | S. | 10 | 515 | 3430 | 4000 | Ind. stold. Tomhk |
" Multnomah Village} [*]at narrow part of the Columbia |
S. | 6 | 521 | — | 4006 | {Campd. ops. a No. of noisey fowls |
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" Quathlahpohtle Vil-} lage at the lower Point of an Island near the Stard. Shore |
N. | 8 | 529 | 4014 | {Inds. Vist. us in 7 canoes |
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" Cahwahnakiooks River | 200 | N. | 1 | 530 | 3445 | 4015 | |
" the lower Point of} Wappato Island |
S. | 1 | — | — | 4016 | a Chant. $1/4 Mt. wide |
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" Cathlahaws Creek and} Village |
18 | N. | 3 | 540 | 3455 | 4025 | {I thought was a 1d. |
" Lower extremity of Elallah or deer Island |
S. | 6 | 546 | — | 4031 | {Indian name. I Seen 16 snakes |
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" the Narrows of} the Mountain and lower part of the Columbian vally |
7 | 4038 | {camped rained. Killed a Pheasant. |
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" Coweliske River} about the entrance and up this river the Skillute nation reside |
150 | N. | 6 | 559 | 3474 | 4044 | Ind. s. acct. |
" Fannys Island & bottom | S. | 16 | 575 | 3490 | 4060 | {bottom on the Ld. is wide |
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" the Sea Otter Island | 12 | 587 | 3502 | 4072 | toggy | ||
" " Upper Village of} the Warkiacums Nation |
N. | 6 | 593 | 3502 | 4078 | {Petticoat women at this village |
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" the lower Village of the Warkiacum Nation of 7 houses Under a high hill. |
N | 9 | 4087 | {landed a few M[inutes] bought a dog. |
From the Waukiacum Upper Village decending the Columbia on the South Side
Remarkable places decending the Columbia &c. &c. |
the Side on which they are Situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distance Decending the Columbia |
Distance from the Mississippi [direct route] |
Distance from the Mississippi [actual route] |
Latitude Remarks &c. |
Ms. | Ms. | Miles | ||||
To Point Samuel on Stard Side | 6 | 4094 | high land | |||
To the Cath.lah-mâh Town of} 9 houses South of the Seal Islands |
8 | 4102 | on high land | |||
To Point William opposit the Shallow Bay |
10 | 4111 | point in this form |
To Point Meriwether above} Meriwethers Bay |
S. | 10 | 626 | 3541 | 4121 | 3 rivers mouth |
" Fort Clatsop on the West} Side of and 3 miles up the Netul river from Meriwether bay and Seven miles East from nearest part of the Sea coast. at this fort Capt. M Lewis and Capt. Wm. Clark wintered in the winter 1805–6 |
S | 7 | — | — | 4128 | |
" Clat-Sop Village on the low} point of Meriwethers Bay and 7 miles N W of Fort Clatsop |
S. | 10 | 634 | 3529 | 4138 | large wood houses |
" Point Adams at the enter-} ance of Columbia into the Pacific ocean or Great South Sea in Latitude 46° 15′ North and Longtd. 124° 57′ West from Greenwitch |
S. | 6 | 640 | 3555 | 4144 | low land[20] |
Remarkable Places decending the Columbia &c. &c. |
the Side on which they are situated |
Distance from one place to another |
Distance Decending the Columbia |
Distance from the Mississippi (direct route) |
Distance from the Mississippi (actual route) |
Latitude Remarks &c. |
[The Northern Shore of the River] | Ms. | Ms. | Miles | |||
To the Shallow bay or nitch on} the Stard. side 5m. Deep |
16 | 41031 | {this bay is about 5m. deep and contains great numbers of fow[l]s. |
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To Point Distress | N | 16 | — | — | 4119 | lay 6 days |
to Station Camp near an old Chin-} nook Village of 36 houses |
N. | 2 | — | — | 4121 | delayed 10 days |
to Cape Disapointment at the En-} terance of the Columbia river into the Great Pacific Ocean in Latd. 46° 19[21] . 11″ 1/10 N. and Longitude 124 57′. 0–W. |
N | 11 | — | — | 4132 | 46° 19′ 11.1″ |
On the Sea Coast to the N N W of Cape Disapointment
To the Comencement of a Sandy} Coast & low land |
5 | W. C. Saw the coast much futher |
Point Lewis High land N. of the} Chinnook Villages is about |
15 | |
to the Chiltz Nation. about | 6 | Indian information |
to the Cla-moi-to-micks Tribe along} the N W Coast |
{Indian account taken at different times |
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to Potoashi Tribe reside to the N} West along the Coast |
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to the Quinielts reside from the} Potoash N W along the same coast about Cape Sh[o]alwater noumerous |
15 | |
to Qui eet to reside from the Quinielts} N W along the coast |
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to Chil-late-ho-kle reside from Quieet-} so N W along same coast about |
19 | |
to Quinechart verry noumerous reside} from the Chillatehokle N W along the same coast and on the slashes and creeks |
60 | Note. 50 mile of the above from the information of Indians. |
Pailsh reside betwen the Potoash and} Quinelt on the same coast. |
On the sea coaste to the S. S. E.
From point Adams | Distances | Latitude, Remarks &c. | |
to Ne-er-ca-war-re-ca Creek &} old Clatsop village |
8 | 4152 | 3 houses remain |
to the enterance of Clât.sop river} 85 yards wide at 3 houses remains of an old Vilg. |
9 | 4161 | 3 old towns |
to the Salt works at the foot of} a mountain near 4 houses |
2 | 4163 | 2 old towns & Canoe vaults |
to the most projected part of the} Mountain of Clark' s point of view near 1000 feet above the leavel of the Sea imediately under it |
7 | 4170 | one rock out steep assent |
to an old Kil-â-mox Village | 3 | 4173 | abandoned No. of rocks out |
to the Mouth of E-co-la or whale} Creek 35 yds. wide, and 4 huts of Kil-a-mox boiling whale blubber |
6 | 4179 | High rugid rocks out |
to 6 huts of Kil-â-mox boiling} blubber |
2 | 4181 | {this was the extent of Capt. Clarks rout on this coast |
to the Great Kil-â-mox Town at} the enterance of Ni-ê-lee Creek |
20 | 4201 | Inds. ac. a sand bar out |
to Kil-har-hurst's Town of Kil-} â-mox at the Enterance Kilamox Bay |
about 5 miles |
a rock in entrs. | |
to Kil-Aar-nar's town of Kil-a-} mox on the Bay at the mouth of a Creek |
2 | on the bay | |
to Chish-ucks town of Kil-â-mox at the Enterance of Kilamox river, which is about 100 yds 2 houses up this R. |
2 | heads near Columbia | |
to Tow-er-quot-tons Creek &} Town |
2 | ||
to Chuck-tins Town and Creek at} the bottom of the Bay (which I call Kilamox Bay) |
2 | ||
Miles | 70 |
Note ☞30 miles of this course is from the information of Indians,
collected from different persons. They further inform me that
the Kil â mox have two Small villages on the Kil á mox river, it is very
rapid without any purpindicular falls, that nation pass across from the
head of this little river to the Columbian Vally, which is at no great
Distance from its head at Wappato Island, and pass down the Chock-âh'
lil'.com or Columbia river with the Wappato they purchase
Notes, from the Mouth of Columbia. | ||||
To the Wappato Island, center is | S. | 20°. E | 108 | miles |
To quick Sand river is | S. | 32°. E | 121 | " |
To the grand rapids is | S. | 47°. E | 128 | " |
to the Great falls is | S. | 65°. E. | 172 | " |
to the Mouth of Lewis's river | East | 240 | " | |
From the Mouth of Lewis'es river to the Mouth of Kooskooske is |
N. | 52°. E | 96 | Miles |
to the Mouth of Cho-pun-nich R} at the Canoe Camp is |
East | 144 | Miles | |
to the longshute or Narrows above | N. | 28°. E. | 55 | Mile |
[Lewis and Clark's Pass][22]
Leaveing the Missouri below the Falls and passing by Land to the
Navagable Waters of the Columbia River
Names of remarkable places | Width of the rivers & Creeks |
Distance from one place to another |
Distance from the falls of Missouri |
Distance from the Mississippi |
yd. | Ms. | Ms. | Miles | |
To the enterance of Medicine River passed} 1st. pitch of 87 feet, 2d. of 19 feet, 3d. of 47 feet 8 inches, and 4th. of 26 feet 5 inches added to the rapids makes a fall of 362 feet |
137 | 18 | 18 | 2593 |
To fort Mountain passing through the plains} between Medicine river and the Missouri near the Missouri up the N. Side of the Missouri to the 1st. bend above the entrance of Smiths river |
15 | 33 | 2608 | |
To the Rocky Mountains at a Gap on the} ridge which divites the waters of the Missouri from those of the Columbia passing the N. pt. of a Mtn. and then crossing Dearborns river |
35 | 68 | 2643 | |
To a fork of Cohohlarishkit river from the} N. passed 4 Creeks from N |
45 | 40 | 108 | 2683 |
To Seamons Creek from the N | 20 | 7 | 115 | |
To Werners Creek N | 35 | 10 | 125 | 2700 |
" the East fork of Clarks river at the en-} terance of Cohohlarishkit R |
120 | 30 | 155 | 2730 |
" Clarks River at the forks | 150 | 12 | 167 | 2742 |
" Travellers rest Creek on the west Side} of Clarks river above the forks |
25 | 5 | 172 | 2747 |
Names of remarkable places | Width of the rivers & Creeks |
Distance from one place to another |
Distance from the falls of Missouri |
Distance from the Mississippi |
yd. | Ms. | Ms. | Miles | |
To the Forks of Travellers rest Creek at a} right hand road |
10 | 18 | 190 | |
" the Hot Springs, on the N. side of the} Creek |
3 | 13 | 203 | 2778 |
" "Quawmash glades passing the head} of the creek to a branch of Kooskooske River |
7 | 210 | ||
To the North branch of Kooskooske river,} a left hand road leads off at 5 Ms. |
7 | 217 | ||
To the junction of the roads on the top of} a Snowey Mountain crossed a fork of Flathead R. at 2 Ms the left hand road passing by a fishery |
10 | 227 | 2802 | |
From the forks of the road on the Top of the Snow Mountains (from the left) |
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To Hungary Creek from the right passing} on a Dividing Mounteing between the Flathead and Chopunish passing on deep Snow except on two places which are open with a South exposure at 8 & 36 Miles |
54 | 281 | 2856 | |
[23] To a Glade up Hungary Creek | 6 | 287 | ||
To a Glade on a Small branch of d° | 8 | 295 | ||
To a Glade on Fish Creek | 10 | 9 | 304 | |
" Collins's Creek | 25 | 13 | 317 | |
" Quawmash flatts | 11 | 328 | 2903 | |
" Kooskooske or Flathead River in a pine} Country |
120 | 12 | 340 | 2915. |
Note in passing from the falls of Missouri across the Rocky Mountains
to the forks of Kooskooske, the nearest navagable waters of the
Columbia you have 200 miles of Good road to Hot Springs on Clarks
river; 140 miles of high Steep ruged mountain 60 miles of which is
covered from 2 to 8 feet deep with Snow the last of June, 1806 Latd. of
the falls of Missouri 47°. 8′ 4″ North. Clarks river forks Latd. 46°. 48′ 0″
North. Kooskooskia forks Latd. 46° 34′ 0′ North.
[24]
The rout by which we went out by the way of the Missouri to it's
Clarks river and down that to the enterance of travellers rest Creek
where all the roads from different routs come together thence across
the ruged part of the rocky Mountains to the Navagable branches of
the Columbia 398 Miles. thence down that river 640 miles to the
Pacific Ocean makeing a Total distance of 4134 miles. On our return
in 1806 from Travellers rest Creek directly to the falls of the Missouri
River Shortens the distance about 579 miles, and a much better rout,
reduceing the distance from Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean to 3555
miles. 25 75 miles of this distance is up the Missouri to the Falls
of that river from thence passing through the plains and across the
Rocky Mountains to the navagable part of Kooskooske river a branch
of the Columbia 340 miles, 200 miles of which is a good road, 140
miles over a tremendious Mountain Steep and broken, 60 miles of which
is covered Several feet deep with Snow on which we passed the last of
June; from the navagable part of the Kooskooske we decended that
rapid river 73 miles to its enterance into Lewis's river and down that
river 154 miles to the Columbia and down that river 413 Miles to [its]
enterance into the Pacific Ocian, about 180 miles of this distance is
tide water. passed several bad rapids and narrows and one considerable
fall 268 miles above the enterance of this river of 37 feet 8 inches the
Total distance decending the Columbian waters 640 miles makeing a
total of 3555 miles on the most direct rout from the Mississippi at the
mouth of the Missouri to the pacific Ocean.
The fur trade may be carried on from the heads of the Missouri to
the mouth of Columbia much cheaper than by any rout by which it can
be conveyed to the East indias. form an establishment on the River
Rochejhone for the reception of the furs of that river & South and one
at Marias river below the great falls of Missouri. the Shoshones within
the rocky mountains the Tushepaws on Clarks river and maney nations
west of the Rocky mountains would visit those establishments from
whome horses might be got on the most reasonable terms for the purpose
of packing the furs across those mountains which may be passed
from the 20th. of June untill the last of September.
You may leave those establishments on the Missouri 15 or 20 of
June and arive on the Kooskooske river between the 1st. & 5th. of July.
from that time you have untill the middle of September to decend the
River and return to the mountains in time to pass them before the Snow
becomes too Deep to cross them.
[The Yellowstone River.]
A Sumary Statement of the Rivers, Creeks, and the most remarkable
places assending the River Rochejhone, their distances from each other
and from the Missouri as estimated by me in 1806 also the Total distances
from the Mississippi.
Names of Places &c. | the Side on which they are Situated |
Width of the rivers and Creeks in yards |
Distances from one place to another in miles |
Distances from the Missouri assending |
Computed Distances from the Mississippi assending |
Side | yds. | Ms. | Ms. | Total Ms. | |
from Missouri up the River Rochejhone | 1888 | ||||
To the enterance of Jos. Fields River | S. E. | 35 | 8 | 8 | 1896 |
" " yallow rock (river narrow) | S E | 6 | 14 | ||
" " Buffalow Crossings a low plain east side |
33 | 47 | |||
" " Ibex River | S. E. | 30 | 31 | 78 | 1966 |
" " Samuels Creek | N. W. | 30 | 12 | 90 | |
" " Buffalow Creek | N W | 30 | 18 | 108 | |
" " Pine Brook | S. E. | 20 | 29 | 137 | |
" " Cat fish Creek | S. E. | 20 | 10 | 147 | |
" " Gibson River | S. E. | 60 | 8 | 155 | 2043 |
" " Oak-tar-pon-er stone Coal River | S E | 40 | 18 | 173 | 2061 |
" " Shabonos River | N. W. | 100 | 7 | 188 | 2068 |
" " Wolf rapid (not bad) | 12 | 192 | 2080 | ||
" " Wah-har-sop, redstone River | S. E. | 100 | 3 | 195 | 2083 |
" " Yorks dry river | N. W. | 88 | 7 | 202 | 2090 |
" " Yellow Bear rapids (not bad) | 1 | 203 | 2091 | ||
" " Buffalow Shoals (not bad) | 20 | 223 | 2111 | ||
" " Dry River | N. W. | 100 | 9 | 232 | |
" " Lezeka or Tongue River | S. E. | 150 | 11 | 243 | 2131 |
" " Turtle Creek | S. E. | 40 | 20 | 263 | |
" " Mar-Shas-kap River | S. E. | 25 | 22 | 185 | 2173 |
" " Wood Brook | S. E. | 30 | 16 | 301 | |
" " upper Stone Coal Bluffs | S. E. | 6 | 307 | 2195 | |
" " Little Horn River | S. E. | 100 | 11 | 318 | 2206 |
" " Table River | N. W. | 70 | 2 | 320 | |
" " Little Wolf River | N. W. | 80 | 30 | 350 | |
" " Chimney Bluffs | N. W. | 28 | 368 | ||
" " White Creek | N. W. | 30 | 17 | 385 | |
" " Laabeechs River | S. E. | 60 | 7 | 392 | 2281 |
" " Windsers River | N. W. | 50 | 26 | 418 | 2307 |
" " Elk river | N. W. | 40 | 4 | 422 | |
" " Big horn River | S. E. | 220 | 15 | 437 | 2326 |
" " Island Brook | N. W. | 16 | 453 | ||
" " White Clifts(below the pine hills) | N. W. | 27 | 480 | ||
" " Halls River | N. W. | 40 | 9 | 489 | 2378 |
" " Shannons river from which place party decended in Buffalow Skin Canoes |
S. E. | 22 | 10 | 499 | 2388 |
Names of Places &c. | the Side on which they are Situated |
Width of the rivers and Creeks in yards |
Distances from one place to another in miles |
Distances from the Missouri assending |
Computed Distances from the Mississippi assending |
Side | yds. | Ms. | Ms. | Total Ms. | |
To the Pompeys Tower 200 feet high & 400 yds. around in an open bottom |
S. E. | 9 | 508 | 2397 | |
" " Tumbling Bluff | N. W. | 12 | 520 | ||
" " Big Dry brook | N. W. | 60 | 16 | 536 | |
" " Pryors Creek in the big bend | S. E. | 25 | 10 | 546 | 2435 |
" " Rock Creek | N. W. | 18 | 5 | 551 | |
" " Pryors River | S. E. | 35 | 6 | 557 | 2446 |
" " Yellow Clifts | S. E. | 9 | 566 | ||
" " Horse Creek | S. E. | 20 | 10 | 576 | |
" Clarks fork (the lodge where all dance) |
S. E. | 150 | 23 | 599 | 2487 |
" " Black bluffs opposit to the place ☞Capt. C. built 2 Canoes to ded. |
S. E. | 27 | 626 | 2514 | |
" " Bluffs above the extencive open bottoms on the N W Side |
N. W. | 26 | 652 | ||
" " Rose Bud river | S. E. | 40 | 6 | 658 | 2546 |
" " Dry Creek | N. W. | 20 | 19 | 677 | |
" " Muddy Creek | N. W. | 15 | 16 | 693 | |
" " Weasel Creek | S. E. | 10 | 16 | 709 | |
" " Brattens River | S. E. | 25 | 10 | 719 | 2607 |
" " Otter River | N. W. | 30 | 12 | 731 | 2638 |
" " Beaver river | S. E. | 30 | 1/4 | 731 1/4 | |
" " Thy Snaged Creek | S. E. | 20 | 5 3/4 | 737 | |
" " Rivers a Cross | both | 28 | 10 | 747 | 2635 |
" " a small rapid not bad | 24 | 771 | |||
" " Stinking Cabin Creek | S. E. | 20 | 14 | 735 | |
" " Shields River boald | N. W. | 35 | 16 | 805 | |
" " the foot of the Rocky Mountains covered with Snow 1 5 of July in Latd. 45°. 22′ 34″ North |
16 | 817 | 2905 |
Note the distance by land from Clarks fork to the Mountain is only
120 miles. all the Streams falling in above Clarks fork are boald.
Portage from the River Rochejhone to the Head of the Missouri at the
three forks.
Miles | Miles across from the Rochejhone |
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From the Rochejhone 2 miles below the Rocky Mountain on a Course nearly S 75° W. to the top of the dividing ridge which divides the wate[r]s of the rochejhone from those of the Missouri, passing up on the N. Side of portage run to the forks of the road the Country open, assent gentle |
9 |
Miles | Miles across from the Rochejhone |
|
To the Middle branch of the East fork of Galletins River takeing} the left hand road, this Stream running to the left |
1/2 | 9 1/2 |
To a Gap in the Mountain passing up a Small branch on it's N.} Side with a gradual ascent Country open and the course nearly west |
2 1/2 | 12 |
To the middle branch of the east fork of Galletins River passing} down on the N. Side of a branch crouded with beaver dams |
3 | 15 |
To the three forks of the East fork of Galletins river passing on the S. Side |
3 | 18 |
To the main fork of Galletins river passing through a leavel plain} N 78°. W |
12 | 30 |
To the arm of the river which forms beaver Island, passing} through the island a leavel open plain on a course N. 70°. W. an emencity of Beaver dams &c. on each side |
6 | 36 |
To Galletins River below the forks passing through an open} leavel plain on a course N. 78° W. on the S. Side of the R. |
6 | 42 |
To the Missouri imediately below the three forks, Jeffersons} Madisons and Galletins Rivers on a Course N. 35°. W. through an open plain passing over 2 Small hills after crossing the river on its N. Side |
6 | 48 |
Rout from the head of Jefferson River at the place we left the Canoes
to the mouth of Travellers rest on Clarks river on my rout in July 1806.
From the forks where our Canoes were left in 1805 up the west} branch on an old Shoshone road about nine miles |
9 | |
To a Gap in the mountain which divides Willards Creek waters} from those of wisdom river on a course N. 30°. West |
15 | |
To the boiling Hot Spring in a vally near the 3 forks of Wisdom} river, crossed 2 forks of Wisdom river from the right hand |
9 | |
To Glade Creek passing Wisdom river and 6 large creeks from} a Snow toped Mountain to the west, passing a Spur of the mountain after crossing the last creek on a course N. 56° W |
22 | |
To the head of Glade Creek keeping on an old roade which} passes up on the N. Side |
11 | |
To Oatlashoot vally leaveing Glade Creek an[d] heading to our} right and passing over a dividing mountain which Seperates the waters of the Missouri from those of Clarks river |
5 | |
To the Middle fork of Clarks river from the left hand in Oat-} lashshoots Vally |
8 | 79 |
To flour Camp Creek from the S. E. | 10 | |
To the West fork of Clarks river from the W. | 10 | |
To Scattered Creek from the East | 38 | |
To Travellers rest Creek from the west where the different roads} meet before the mountain is assended |
23 | 81 |
160 |
Note this rout is Generally leavel and firm and every par[t] of it will
afford a very good waggon road by removeing a fiew logs and cutting a
little on the hill Side.
Note The Indians inform us that there is an excellent road from
the 3 forks of the Missouri through a low gap in the mountains to the
East fork of Clarks river which passes down that fork to its junction
and up on the west Side of the main fork to Travellers rest Creek
which they travel with their families in 6 days the distance must be
about 150 miles, that added to 48 which is the portage from the River
Rochejhone is 198 miles which is 26 miles further than the rout by the
way of the falls of the Missouri.
One other rout from the river Rochejhone which is also a good one
but something further is from the head of the east fork of Galletins
River on a direct course to the mouth of Wisdom River and up that
river and Glade Creek and across to Clarks river in the Oatlashshoot
vally and from thence down that river to the Travellers rest Creek, at
which point all the roads in this quarter of the [world] appear to center
at the foot of those tremendious mountains the best and most direct
rout is by way of the falls of the Missouri and Travellers rest. Several
roads pass from the Missouri above the falls to Travellers rest Creek.
[The following, taken from the fragment designated by Coues
as Codex T, is in Clark's handwriting; we insert it here, as related
to the preceding fragment from Codex N. It should be
noted that this leaf called Codex T has been inserted in its
manila cover by the wrong edge; it begins to read at top of
p. 2 as thus inserted, and continues without break to the end
of p. 1.—Ed.]
[Blank space in MS.] Miles to the foot of the mountain where the
party were obliged to delay from the 9th of May to the 24 of June
for the snows of the mountains to subside sufficient to cross, and then
passed over snow for 60 Ms Generally from 3 to 6 or 8 feet deep quit[e]
Consolidated or Sufficiently so to bear a horse at the Enterance of the
Travellers rest on Clarks river Capt. Lewis & Clark seperated. Lewis
passed imediately to the falls of the Missouri on an old indian parth of
good road left a party at that place to prepare geer & wheels and proceeded
with 3 men to Explore a large N. fork of the Missouri called
Maria River and met with a party of Indians & was compelled to kill
2 of them. Clark with [blank space in MS.] men passed up Clarks
place the canoes had been left on his outward bound journey at the
head of Jeffersons river, descended Jeffersons rivers to the 3 forks,
and sent on the canoes down the Missouri under the direction of a
Sergt. and proceded himself up Galitines River and passed over to the
river Rochejhon or Yellow rock river from the South in Latd. 45.22 N.
and made canoes of wood & Buffalow canoes & Decended that river
818 miles, to its junction with the Missouri 1880 miles from St. Louis.
Biddle renders this(ii, p. 422) as "Hubert's;" but in the text of this journal
(i, p. 16) be makes it " Beau, or Clear Water."—Ed.
This latitude is give Codex A, p. 180, as that "opsd. a Island mentioned in the
2d. & 3d. Course of the 1 July on L. S." This is so near the Little Nemahar
River that it is given as the latitude of that stream.–—Ed.
The Indian habitations in this region shifted periodically, as is evident from the
journal entry April 9, 1806. On the downward journey they differed from those of
the return, as given here. The entries, therefore, in Codex I (compiled at Fort
Clatsop), and depicted on the map of the Great Rapids, are as follows : "to a.
Village below the great rapids of 4 houses abandoned opsd. a. 2d. bad rapid, one mile
not inhabited; to 4 houses of the Sha-ha-lah Nation at the lower rapids of the
Columbia river at tide water, 6 miles, not inhabited; to a Village of 9 houses of the
Shahalah Nation on the Stard. Side near the beaten rock 800 feet hi[gh] 5 miles, a man
with a brass barrel gun." These three entries take the place of the two in the text,
for the Clahclellah and Wahclellar villages. The distances are seen to be the
same.—Ed.
Here ends the final draft of the Summary (except for Lewis and Clark's pass,
and the Yellowstone, given below). What follows is taken from the Summary in
Codex I, and in Clark-Voorhis note-book No. 4. There is a slight discrepancy in
the figures of these two accounts; the former makes the distance 4134 miles, the
latter 4144.—Ed.
In the final draft, the following table was inserted between the Great Falls of the
Missouri and "Remarkable places decending the Columbia." It gives the route by
which Lewis returned from the Kooskooskee to the Missouri, in reversed order.—Ed.
The Clark-Voorhis note-book No. 4 gives the two following entries, instead of
those in the text taken from Codex N:
"To the foot of the Rocky Mountains on the West side at a leavel country, 45
miles, 326 from the Falls, 2901 total. To the forks of Kooskooskea River from
whence it is navigable, 14 miles, 340 from the Falls, 2915 total."—Ed.
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