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Date of the month |
State of weather at ☉rise |
Wind at ☉rise |
State of the weather at 4 P.M. |
Wind at 4 P.M. |
State of Columbia River [2] raised Inches & or fallen Feet parts |
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| April 1st | c a f | S E | c a f | S E | r | 1 | |
| 2cd | c | S E | c a f | S E | f | ⅛ | |
| 3rd | c a r | S W | c a r | W | f | 3 ½ | |
| 4th | c a r | S W | c a r | S W | f | 4 ½ | |
| 5th | c a r | S W | c a f & c | S W | f | 2 ½ | |
| 6th | f a c | S. W. | f | S W | f | 1 | |
| 7th | f | S W | f | S W | r | ½ | |
| 8th | f | E | f | E | r | 1 ½ | |
| 9th | f | W | f | W | |||
| 10th | c a r | W | c a r | S W | r | 1 | |
| 11th | r a r | W | c a r | S. W. | r | 2 | |
| 12th | c a r | W | r a c & r | W | r | 2 | |
| 13th | r a c & r | W | c a r & f | W | r | 2 ½ | |
| 14th | f | W | f | W | r | 1 | |
| 15th | f | W | f | W | |||
| 16th | f a c | S W | f | S W | f | 2 | |
| 17th | f | N E | c a f | S. W. | f | 2 | |
| 18th | f a c | S W | f | S W | f | 1 | |
| 19th | c a r | S W | c | S. W. | f | 3 | |
| 20th | f a r [3] | S W | c a r | S. W. | f | 2 ½ | |
| 21s | f | N. E. | f | E. | f | 2 | |
| 22nd | f | N. W. | f | W. | f | 1 | |
| 23rd | f a c | E | f | N. E. | f | 4 | |
| 24th | f | N W | f | N. W. | f | 2 | |
| 25th | f | N E | f | N. E. | f | 2 | |
| 26th | f a c | N W | f | N E | f | 2 ½ | |
| 27th | f a r | S E | f | N W | f | 1 ½ | |
| 28th | f a T | S W | f | N E | f | 2 | |
| 29th | f a c | N W | f | N W | f | 1 | |
| 30th | c a r | N. W. | f a c | N W | f | 2 | |
| 1st | at 6 P. M. last evening it became cloudy. Cottonwood in blume. From the best opinion I could form of the State of the Columbia on the 1st of April it was about 9 feet higher than when we de- cended it in the begining of November last. [5] the rising and fall- ing of the river as set down in the diary is that only which took place from sunseting to sunrise or thereabouts it being the time that we usually remain at our encampments.— |
| 2nd | heavy dew last night. cloudy all night. |
| 3rd | a slight rain about day light this morng. |
| 4th | the rains have been very slight. |
| 5th | rain but slight, air colder than usual this morning— |
| 6th | this is the most perfectly fair day that we have seen for a Some time musquetoes troublesome this evening [6] the cottonwood has put fourth its leaves and begin to assume a green appear- ance at a distance. the sweet willow has not yet generaly birst it's budscales while the leaves of the red and broad leafed willow are of some size; it appears to be me to be the most backward in vegetating of all the willows. the narrow leafed willow is not found below tide water on this river.— [7] |
| 7th | the air temperate, birds singing, the pizmire, [8] flies, beetles, in motion. |
| 8th | wind commenced at 5 A M [9] and continued to blow most violently all day. air temperate the male flowers of the cottonwood are falling. the goosburry has cast the petals of it's flowers, and it's leaves obtained their full size. the Elder which is remarkably large has began to blume. some of it's flowerets have expanded their corollas. the serviceburries, chokecherries, the growth which resembles the beach, the small birch and grey willow have put fourth their leaves. [10] |
| 9th | the wind lulled a little before day, and became high at 11 A.M. continued til dark the vining honeysuckle, has put forth shoots of several inches the dogtoothed violet [11] is in blume as is also both the speceis of the mountain holley, the strawburry, the bears claw, the cowslip, [12] the violet, common striped; [13] and the wild cress or tongue grass. [14] |
| 10th | some snow fell on the river hills last night. morning cold, slight sowers through the day. |
| 11th | cold raining night the geese are yet in large flocks and do not yet appear to have mated. what I have heretofore termed the broad leafed ash is now in blume. the fringetree [15] has cast the corolla and it's leaves have nearly obtained their full size. the sac a com- mis is in blume.—.— |
| 12th | cold. snowed on the mountains through which the river passes at the rapids. the duckinmallard which bread in this neigh- bourhood, is now laying it's eggs,— vegetation is rapidly pro- gressing in the bottoms tho' the snow of yesterday and today reaches within a mile of the base of the mountains at the rapids of the Columbia.— |
| 13th | cold rainy night. rained by showers through the day. wind hard. |
| 14th | wind arrose at 8 A. M. and contined hard all day. service bury in blume. |
| 15th | wind blew tolerably hard today after 10 A. M. observed the Curloo and prarie lark. [16] |
| 16th | morning unusually warm. vegitation rapidly progressing.— at the rock fort camp saw the prarie lark, a speceis of the peawee, [17] the blue crested fisher, the partycoloured corvus, and the black pheasant. a speceis of hiasinth native of this place blumed to- day, it was not in blume yesterday. |
| 17th | weather warm; the sweet willow & white oak begin to put forth their leaves |
| 18th | rain but slight. wind very hard all day— |
| 19th | raind, moderate showers, very cold snow on the tops of the low hills |
| 20th | weather cold. rain slight snow on the hills adjacent— wind violent. some frost this morning. |
| 21st | heavy white frost this morning. remarkably cold last night |
| 22nd | night cold the day warm. [18] |
| 26th | the sweet willow has put fourth its leaves. [19] the last evening was cloudy it continued to threaten rain all night but without rain- ing. the wind blew hard all night. the air cold as it is invari- ably when it sets from the westerly quarter.— |
| 27th | had a shower of rain last night |
| 30th | rain slight. |
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