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 food November 4, 1805. Clark: we recognized the man who over took us last night...     he invited us to a lodge in which he had Some part and gave us a roundish roots about the Size of a Small Irish potato which they roasted in the embers until they became Soft,     This root they call Wap-pa-to the Bulb of which the Chinese cultivate in great quantities called Sa-git ti folia or common arrow head,... it has an agreeable taste and answers verry well in place of bread. November 2, 1805. Clark: Labiesh killed 14 brant , Joseph Fields 3 & Collins one November 3, 1805. Clark: [Capt. Lewis] killed a Swan and Several Ducks, which made our number of fowl this evening 3 Swan, 8 brant and 5 Ducks, on which we made a Sumpteous supper.

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