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Paul Kane's Journal of his Western Travels, 1846-1848 - History and ...

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<strong>Paul</strong> Kane. INTERIOR Of A CEREMONIAL LODGE, COLUMBIA RIVER. November. <strong>1846</strong>. ,oil on paper, 9'/2 x II'/l'. Collection, Stark<br />

Museum <strong>of</strong> Art.<br />

the boat eat Mounten<br />

heepe<br />

5th tarted with 13loade<br />

Horses at 12 a.m. <strong>and</strong> campt<br />

at 400 in a small prarey<br />

m~de a sketch <strong>of</strong> t<strong>his</strong><br />

6Ulafter 3 - 4 our arived at<br />

Ie Rocks prarey campd<br />

here<br />

7 th. made a good day<br />

Sth.Saw mounten goats<br />

could not get a shot at<br />

them<br />

9th camped at the gr<strong>and</strong><br />

bature the snow had<br />

got so depe that we<br />

expected to tak~ t now<br />

shews on the 6th. the guide<br />

<strong>and</strong> montrous had started a<br />

hed <strong>and</strong> if the snow was<br />

to depe they ware to send<br />

men from boat-incampment<br />

to asist in takeing our<br />

bagage across the treese<br />

ware loaded with snow<br />

hever then I had aver<br />

seepe it in anney cuntrey<br />

lOlb..stuck fast in 2 feete<br />

<strong>and</strong> S inches <strong>of</strong> snow they<br />

Men went to work to<br />

make now- ew ever<br />

one mad fr him If<br />

sum ware rude affairs<br />

ours hor ses went back to<br />

jaspers <strong>and</strong> they had to<br />

carry hevey loads Sutch<br />

as a bag <strong>of</strong> pimacen<br />

(90 pound) <strong>and</strong> thare<br />

OWJl bagage<br />

IIUl<br />

We made owr first<br />

day on snow shews <strong>and</strong><br />

made an arley incampm<br />

= ent I beat the track for<br />

half the day left evere<br />

The American Art <strong>Journal</strong>/Volume XXI- Number 2<br />

35

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