Near Lyle, Washington
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Volcanoguy
N 45° 40.678 W 121° 14.108
10T E 637447 N 5059783
This Lewis and Clark history sign is located along Wash. Hwy. 14 about 3 miles east of Lyle, Washington.
Waymark Code: WM84ZK
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 01/29/2010
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This Lewis and Clark history sign is located at the Doug’s Beach State Park parking area along Wash. Hwy. 14 about 3 miles east of Lyle, Washington.
Marker Name: “friendly village”
Marker Text:“hospitable and good humered”
Friendly encounters between the Lewis and Clark Expedition and local tribes were frequent along this stretch of the Columbia River. On October 29, 1805, after stopping at a village near here, William Clark wrote, “Those people are friendly gave us to eate fish Beries, nuts, bread of roots & Drid beries . . .”
Clark also noted that this area would be a “good Situation for winter quarters.” As they traveled down the river, the captains started to inventory suitable winter camp sites. When they reached the mouth of the Columbia in November 1805, Expedition members were asked to give their opinions about where to establish winter quarters. The exlorers considered this “friendly village” to be an option.
October 29, 1805
”we entered his lodge and he gave us to eate Pounded fish, bread made of roots, Filberts nuts, & the berries of Sackecomme [bearberry]. we gave to each woman of the lodge a brace of Ribon of which they were much pleased. each of those houses may be calculated to contain 8 men and 30 Soles, they are hospitable and good humered Speak the Same language of the inhabitants of the last village, we call this the friendly village.” - William Clark
”We proceeded on our Voyage, & found the current of the River to run very gentle, & passed a great number of Indian Villages, lying on the North side of the River.” - Joseph Whitehouse