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Canoeing the Mighty Columbia
Finally, with the current as their ally, the expedition eagerly paddled their five dugout canoes, hewed and burnt in the Nez Perce tradition, downstream in search of the Pacific. Natives joined the expedition intermittently as traveling companions and often served as ambassadors of friendship with other Indian nations.
The swift currents swept the expedition past numerous scaffolds of drying salmon, plank houses and treeless countryside. With no game to hunt or beaver to trap, the Corps subsisted on fish, roots and dogs procured from local Indians.
Discover the expedition's incredible whitewater adventures in The Lewis & Clark Expedition in an Uncharted Wildernessİ.
