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Entries For November 17:

1805:

Captain Clark (current)

Captain ClarkCaptain Clark:
November 17, 1805

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Captain Lewis returned, having traversed Haley Bay to Cape Disappointment, and the seacoast to the north for some distance. Several Chinook Indians followed Captain Lewis, and a canoe came up with roots, mats, &c., to sell. (Cape Disappointment at the entrance of the Columbia River into the Great South Sea, or Pacific Ocean.)

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