| Chapter 3: The Columbia Plateau |
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 The Corps reaches the Pacific Ocean and the captains hold an election among all the expedition members including York and Sacagawea to determine the location of their winter camp. They establish winter headquarters at Fort Clatsop and salt camp ten miles further south in preparation of a spring return to the East. |
| Lesson 3.1: A Chart of the River One of the canoes struck a shoal and a hole was made in her side. |
| Lesson 3.2: The Point of Junction The Indian men wear a robe of deer or antelope skin under which a few of them have a short leather shirt. |
| Lesson 3.3: A Sketch of the Columbia The Indian inhabitants received us with great kindness and invited us to their houses. |
| Lesson 3.4: The Object of Our Labors We had not gone far from this village when the fog cleared off and we enjoyed the delightful prospect of the ocean - that ocean, the object of all our labors, the reward of all our anxieties. |
| Lesson 3.5: Otters Skins for Blue Beads It has become necessary to decide on the spot for our wintering quarters. |
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