Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-16

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81 Lewis and Uarks Is 1904 sh~,r
sans ano prospeets, their trip an fhe
Missonri, ne pians Of Thse. JeGsrsan
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their iDstrnstious. rendexvou.. uutfit'
starr and journey, and arrival.
The main pufpoee Of the expeditior. =
says B2uoroft. was nov over. Onos
more Il vas permitted an intrepid AND
Of explorers 90 opsn neu wsy throueh
kne trackiess wilderness. 20 oper q wsy
@ communicatSon overland between The
United States and the eomnerce Of the
northwest eoass. The vast Paci6c "a.
onse more the goaI Of lofty endurance.
the Ruefdon Of nobIe snssrpriss. That
broad SEA whose calm smile welcomed
Balboa, Magellan, Cortex, which greeted
Macksnzis more coldiy, which knew nos
knight in nzail from pruaaic trader.
under its iesdsD mists nav waited as
kindly Q welcome 20 thee simple can
tAina and their usromnntio followers.
Who, beckoned BY no aimsy fable of
romance, added their qno<a 20 the
worlds knowledge Of the untrodden
wsss.-
At length, on the 7th Of December,
IoO6, the weather improved suflicientIy
tor the canoes 70 round point two
miles below she camp into deep inlet
OF the Columbus (Yonn's bay) 70 which
was given the name Of Meriweafher bay.
IN compliment 10 Captain Lewis, who's
they doubted not, was the first white
man 70 survey IT, The river entering
the bead Of this inlet retained its Indian
speculation of Kilhowamakel.r
Everybody was now busy clearing q
site for he fort, hunting and bringing
IN the game. Although for the most
part tbs men were cheerful, their hard
ships were many and great, and only che
miidness Of The climate saved them
from severe suffering. IL rainfd almost
inceasantly. Though elk were plentiful,
hunting them among the woods and
boys Of the Ciatsop country was no easy
matter. when killed, "a there we're no
horses, Il was severe labor TO bring she
meat TO camp. Many Of the men. alss,
we're bali disabled By dyssntefy, oolds
and bolts.
"Ths spot selected for the fort was
about two hundred yards from the bank
Of Lewis river, near it, entrances 20 the
bay. By the 12th we're ready for ocsu-
patton three cabins, built of logs, the
crevices stopped with mud, and she
whole rooted with cedar planks. On
the 18th seven were 90 far completed q
20 be habitable. The whole was then
enclosed with stockades; y ntries were
posted on guard, and the place was
named
roEr cIArsoP.
"Clarke Immediately visited the coast,
seven miles distant, 10 inquire concern
ing trading vessels and TO establish
friendly relations with the natives. He
found all the vessels departed, not 10
return for three months or more. The
Indians gave him the names Of q num-
Der Of white men, chiefly traders. most
important among whom was Haley, q
fsct taken advantage Of by Clarke in
naming the bay formed by the Columbia
at its mouth Haley Bay. The natives en-
the south bank Of the river, above its
mouth, were called Clatsops, of whom
Clarke found few families on the beach
VINO received and entertained him In the
most friendly manner. They spoae q
few words of English, chiefly ma ces Ut
articles of trad..
As soen a. ID became known that the
explorers had established themselves in
winter quarters, they received frequent
visits, not only from the Cistsops, sut
from the kiilamooks, Cathlamets and
Wahkiakuns, whose chiefs were pre-
sented with the customary medals due
10 their rank. All these people were
frieadly. II they grew presuming or
were guilty of theft. they were quickly
and firmly checked. The Chinooks
we're most annoying from thievish pro-
pensities, which at last resulted in their
exclusion from the fort. When Clat-
sop or Cathiamet approached, be stop
ped little way of and shouted; No
Chinook
at had been the intention of Lewis
and Clarke to remain At Fort Clatsop
until April, in the hope OF meeting with
some foreign traders, from whom, by
means Of their letters of credit, they
might replenish their stores, which were
SO diminished that they might all have
been tied up In two handkerchiefs, they
said. They were obliged, however. to
depart on the sd of March; for the
elk, their chief dependence for focd,
having retreated 10 the mountains, they
were in danger Of famine. Having
plenty of ammunition and good guns,
il was thought best TO proceed slowly up
the river, depending on such game as
could be foand In the woods along the
Columbia.
at would not have been consistent
With their instructions, or the design OF
the expedition, TO quit the coontry With.
ous In some way advertising 70 the world
the fact that they had been there in the
service of the United States; therefore,
Ia addition 10 the usual iesve-taking,
they issued 10 the most prominent chiefs
OF the Ciatsops and Chinooks certificates
of kindness and attention received from
them, which they we'll understood would
be exhibited TO as much OF the world as
ever came to the mouth OF the Column.
hia. In addition to these the following
notice Was posted MP in the fort: The
object Of this last Is. that through the
medium Of SOM. civilized person, Who
may see the same, II may be made
known to the world that the party con.
sisting Of the persons whose names are
be reunto annexed, and who we're sent
out by the Government OF the untted
States 10 explore the iatsrior OF the con-
tinent Of North America, did penetrate
the same By the way of the Missouri
aud Columbia rivers, 10 the discharge OF
the latter into the Pacihc ocean, where
shsy arrived on the l4th day OF Novem.
Der, 1906. and departed the sd day OF
March, 1906, on their return 70 the Unit