Evening star., 1924-02-22
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Continued from Yesterdays starr
So. now the largest flag LETT to
Lewis and Cl;rh fo:.ted by the side
~ single lire Oh tlse wet beach on
the north shore uf the Columb bis.
Here a rude bivouac was pitched
while tho leaders finished their first
hasty investigation along the beach.
There is little to attract us here
said William Clark. ON The south
shore there is better shelter for our
winter camp" So they headed their
little boats across the wide food Of
the Columbia.
It was now December OF the year
1905. Fort Clatsop, as they called
their new stockade. vas soon in proc
eSS of eTection-seven splendid cab
ms, built Of the best-working wood
these men ever had seen: a tall stock
'!dc with u gate, such as their fore
fathers had always built in any hos
tile country.
While some worked. others hunted
1indins tn" elk abundant. More than
on. hundred elk and many deer vv.rv
Killed And. having nothing better,
they now set 10 work 70 tan the
aides OF cGl and deer. and to make
he" 'lothIng. As to civilized .,!uir-
lent they had little left. About tour
ir.aoc that winter. Sa+cs jaVe;4 rrs sid
NJ over the Ino"casir- boards. and
teaching the men to sew.
Clark, the ind.fatigable. natural
%ousrapber. completed tha remark
--bi" series Of maps which so fully
established the accuracy Of their OBJ
EationS and the usefulness OF the
VOYAGE across tic continent. Lewis
Kept up his records and extended his
journals. All ~er" busy. all happier
r+1rture from the east.
christmas TaS once more ccithrat-
81 TO til" tune of th. E'renchman II 8
T.ddic. Came New Year day also:
ma BY that tim" tbs. stockade was
tnjshcd, tho gate was up. the men
""ra ready for any fortune which
might occur.
Fretty soon, ly and by said the
toyageurs. we will run on the river
fo- home once more"
Even SAGA jawea, having fulfilled
@"r great ambition Of looking out
"s7r the sea which tasted of salt
said that She. too. would bc content
10 q" back TO her people.
W" must leave record. Will"
t,a!d Lewis enc day. looking UP from
his papers. we must takr no
chances of .he results Of our nxpln:
ration not reaching Washington.
fhould we be lost among tn. tribes
last Of here, perhaps some ship may
take that word TO SIR. Jeffcrson.''
50 now, between them. they for
mulatcd that famous :t4lnounccrnent 1
10 the world. which, one Year after
ffe!r' safe arrival home overla nd. the
ships brought around by Cape Horn.
, TO advise the world that transcon-
tinfntai path had been hlaZeQ:
The object OF this list is that
through the medium of some civil
IZed person who may see the same it
may he made known to the world
that the party consisting Of the per-
sons whose names are hereunto an
reIsd, and who were sent out BY the
government of the United States to
explore the interior of the continent
ot North America, did penetrate the
same by the way Of the Missouri and
Columbia rivers, to the discharge Of
the latter into the Pacific ocean where
they arrived on the 18th day Of No
vember, 1906. and departed the 23rd
day of March. 1906, on their return
"trip to the United States by the same
route by which they had come out
THIS, SO soon as they knew their
starting date. they signed, each of
them, ana copies were made for post
ing here and there in such places as
naturally would be discovered by any
mariners coming in. And today We
who can glibly list the names OF the
multimillionaireS Of America-can-
not tell the names Of more than two
of those thirty-one men, each OF
whom should be An immortal.
Boats now, WIFI said Meriwether
Lewis. We must have boats against
our start in the spring. These canoes
which brought us down from the
hooskooskie were well enough in
their way, but will not serve for the
upstream journey. Again we must
lift up the entire party against the
current OF great river. Get some OF
the Indians seagoing canoes. Will
their lines are easier then those of
our dugouts."
Need was for skillful trading now
on the part of William Clark, for,
eager as tho natives were for the
white mems goods. scant store Of
them remained. All the fishhooks
were gone, most of the beads. prac-
once had served SO well. When at
length Clark announced that he had
secured fine Chinook canoe there
remained for all the return voyage,
thousands of miles among the In
dians, only a half-doZen blankets. 4
few little trinkets, q hat and uni
form coat
You could tie UP all the rest in 4
couple of handkerchiefs." s"iJ Will
t. liam Clark. laughing. But such as
it is, it must last US back to ST. Louis
or at least to our caches on the
Missouri
How is your salt. Win?' asked
Lewis. And your POWDER"
I'm fine shape" was the reply. We
have put tho new-made salt in some
plenty of powder and lead left. and
we can pick up more as we reach our
caches going eastward With what
dried meat we can lay up from the
ok here, we ought to make d good
start"
traordirary young men. facing u
transcontinental journey of four
thousand miles, with no better equip
rpsnt than the rifles which had serv-