Columbia River from Crow Butte

a clear frosty morning. we Set out eairly.
Joseph Whitehouse

we also Saw the Skeletons of Several Horses at the vault
William Clark

High, bare, and brown hill next to a narrower Columbia River. Low plains on the opposite shore.

Roasted Acorns

We saw this day among the Natives, some Acorns, which they roasted & Eat
Joseph Whitehouse

Acorns and an oak leaf on the ground displayed in fall colors

American White Pelican
(Pelecanus erythrorhynchos)

I Saw a great number of pelicons on the wing
William Clark

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Large, white bird in flight

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Columbia River near Roosevelt

The Star Side is high rugid hills, the Lard. Side a low plain and not a tree to be Seen in any Direction except a fiew Small willow bushes which are Scattered partially on the Sides of the bank
William Clark

When the Corps camped near here, the Columbia River was narrower and had rapids and large sand bars.

Rocky banks along the Columbia River

Photo date: November 8, 2008.