Small Nitch near Knappton, WA The paddlers make about ten miles along the Columbia River shoreline, but eventually are stopped by wind and waves. At their small nitch encampment, they try their best to dry out.
Shoreline at the Pacific
10″ x 12″ oil on board
© 2009 by Charles Fritz. Used by permission.
A Good Start Stalls[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
Skirting the Shore
we loaded our canoes and proceeded on passed Several Small and deep nitch on the Stard. Side, we proceeded on about 10 miles
—William Clark
A Number of Wildlife
We saw in the River a number of Porpoises, & Sea Otter, Sea Gulls & Ducks in the greatest abundance.
—Joseph Whitehouse
High Waves
about 3 oClock . . . . when the river appeared calm we loaded and Set out; but was obliged to return finding the waves too high for our Canoes to ride
—William Clark
Small Nitch Encampment
we again unloaded the Canoes, and Stoed the loading on a rock above the tide water, and formed a camp on the Drift Logs which appeared to be the only Situation we could find to lie, the hills being either a perpendicular Clift, or Steep assent, riseing to about 500 feet—
—William Clark
Everybody Wet
we are all wet the rain haveing continued all day, our beding and maney other articles, employ our Selves drying our blankets— nothing to eate but dried fish pounded which we brought from the falls.
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Day of the month Wind State of the Weather 10th N W. rain after rain rained all day with wind
—Meriwether Lewis[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. |
