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JOURNAL OF DAVID THOMPSON 63

July 15th, Monday. 33 A very fine day, somewhat cloudy. Stayed till 6 :25 A. M. shaving and arranging ourselves, when we set off Co. N. 33 W. 1 m, N. 65 W. 2 m, N. 78 W. 1 m, S. 70 W. 1 m, S. 60 W. y 2 m, S. W. ^ m. The fog all along prevents me seeing well. S. 34 W. 2 m, S. 22 E. y 2 m, S. Y-2 m, S. 50 W. 1/5, W. 1/6, S. W. ^ plus 2/3 m, S. 50 W. 2 m, plus 1 m, N. 68 W. 1 m, plus I~y 2 m to Pt. Tongue but as the wind was blowing from sea very hard we made a portage of about 200 yards over this Tongue and again em- barked Co. to the Ho. S. 50 W. I~y 2 m. At 1 P. M. thank God for our safe arrival, we came to the House of Mr. Astor's Company, Messrs. McDougal, Stuart & Stuart, who received me in the most polite manner, and here we hope to stay a few days to refresh ourselves.

33 The islands and low marshes along the south shore of the Columbia are all inundated, but Mr. Thompson crosses over and follows that shore to Tongue Point and portages across where Capt. Clark carved his name on a tree December 3, 1805, but does not mention the tree. For contemporary accounts of his arrival at Astoria compare Franchere's Narrative, pp. 121-2, and Alex. Ross' Oregon Settlers, pp. 85-6, and Irving's "Astoria."