Lewis and Clark's 'Description of Wappatoo Island'

Title

Lewis and Clark's 'Description of Wappatoo Island'

Description

The first three pages (Vol. 2, pp. 223-225) of a chapter describing 'Wappatoo Island,' in the first edition of Lewis and Clark's account of their journey to Oregon. Wappatoo Island is now known as Sauvie Island and is located in a channel of the Columbia River, near the junction with the Willamette River. This passage describes the abundant plant life of the island and the fertile Willamette Valley.

Creator

Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809

Clark, William, 1770-1838

Date

1814

Is Part Of

Lewis, Meriwether and William Clark. <em>History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark, to the sources of the Missouri : thence across the Rocky mountains and down the river Columbia to the Pacific ocean : performed during the years 1804-5-6 : by order of the government of the United States.&nbsp;</em>Philadelphia : Published by Bradford and Inskeep, and Abm. H. Inskeep, Newyork, 1814. Vol. 2, pp. 223-225.

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Type

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