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On this morning, the party continued westward along the shore, rounded Harrington Point and entered Gray’s Bar. Clark named the bay “Shallow nitch”. Sergeant Patrick Gass noted that, due to the high waves whipped up by the wind, the party had to coast as they made this water journey.
By now, the men had a general idea of where they were, since they undoubtedly possessed copies of either Gray’s or Lt. Broughton’s maps, the latter having been published in 1798. They went ashore for lunch at what is today known as “Miller’s Point”, a small area lying between the confluence of the two streams entering the bay at this place, Gray’s and Deep Rivers.
Again coasting along, the party then managed to continue for an additional 4 miles. However, a strong offshore storm which proved to carry strong swells – a reflection of the Pacific Ocean’s influence on this portion of the Columbia River – forced them to put ashore at what is now known as Gray’s Point. Gass observed in his journal the “great many swans, geese, ducks and other water fowls” in the area.
Captain Clark reported that
“The Swells were So high and the Canoes roled in Such a manner as to cause Several to be verry Sick. Reuben Fields, Wiser McNeal & the Squar wer of the number.”
On the following morning, Clark noted that
“The tide of last night did not rise Sufficintly high to come into our camp, but the Canoes which was exposed to the mercy of the waves &c. which accompanied the returning tide, they all filled, and with great attention we Saved them until the tide left them dry”
