When the expedition arrived at Mt Hood in 1805, the volcano had only recently erupted. November 3, 1805. Clark: The Fog so thick this morning that we could not see a man 50 Steps off…A Mountain which we Suppose to be Mt. Hood, is 85° E about 47 miles distant. This Mtn. is covered with Sno and in the range of mountains which we have passed through and is of a conical form but rugid. Photo courtesy of USDA NRCS.

More about the animals November 2, 1805. Clark: here the river widens to near a mile, and the bottoms are more extensive and thickly timbered, as also the high mountains on each Side, with Pine, Spruce pine, cotton wood, a species of ash, and alder... saw great numbers of waterfowl of Different kinds, such as Swan, Geese, white & grey brants, ducks of various kinds, Guls. & Pleaver November 6, 1805. Clark: found the woods so thick with under groth that the hunters could not get any distance into the Isld. the red wood, and Green bryers interwoven, and mixed with pine, alder, a Specie[e]s of Beech, ash &c.     we killed nothing to day.

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