Edgeworth, PA The barge passes over two ripples but must be unloaded to get over the third. At Woollery’s Trap, oxen are hired to drag the emptied boat through the shallow water.
Woollery’s Trap
The Barge
Courtesy U.S. National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail, Alex Wiles photographer, altered by Kristopher K. Townsend.
we passed the little horsetale ripple or riffle with much deficulty, all hands laboured in the water about two hours before we effected a passage; the next obstruction we met was the big-horse tale riffle, here we wer obliged to unload all our goods and lift the emty Boat over, about 5 OCock we reach the riffle called Woollery’s trap, here after unloading again and exerting all our force we found it impracticable to get over, I therefore employed a man with a team of oxen with the assistance of which we at length got off
—Meriwether Lewis
