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Journal Entries
Original journal entries from all six expedition journalists: Lewis, Clark, Floyd, Ordway, Gass, and Whitehouse. Sourced from the Thwaites Edition (1904-1905).
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Dec
8
1805
Clark: December 8, 1805 Analysis
December 8th Sunday 1805 a Cloudy morning, I took 5 men and Set out to the Sea to find the nearest place…
Dec
8
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 8, 1805 Analysis
ing by the tide last night, a hard white frost this morning, and cold. 12 men was dispached with two canoes after…
Dec
8
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 8, 1805 Analysis
frost. Capt. Clarke with 5 men set out to go to the ocean, and myself with 11 more to bring in the…
Dec
9
1805
Clark: December 9, 1805 Analysis
December 9th Monday 1805 rained all the last night we are all wet, Send 2 men in pursute of the Elk &…
Dec
9
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 9, 1805 Analysis
jeant and 8 men were sent to bring in the remainder of the meat we left yesterday; some were employed in making…
Dec
10
1805
Clark: December 10, 1805 Analysis
December 10th 1805 Tusday A Cloudey rainy morning those people was Some what astonished, at three Shot I made with my little…
Dec
10
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 10, 1805 Analysis
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION _ 185 all hands were employed at work notwithstanding the rain. About 2 o’clock Capt. Clarke and 3…
Dec
10
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 10, 1805 Analysis
hands wen[t] at clearing away the ground for the huts, rained hard the most of the day, towards evening Cap* Clark and…
Dec
11
1805
Clark: December 11, 1805 Analysis
December 11th Wednesday rained all last night moderately, we are all employed putting up the huts, rained at intervales all day moderately…
Dec
11
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 11, 1805 Analysis
we continued at our hut-building.
Dec
12
1805
Clark: December 12, 1805 Analysis
December 12th Thursday 1805 Some moderate Showers last night and this morning all hands who are well employed in building Cabins, despatched…
Dec
12
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 12, 1805 Analysis
In the forenoon we finished 3 rooms of our cabins, all but the covering ; which I expect will be a difficult…
Dec
13
1805
Clark: December 13, 1805 Analysis
December 13th Friday 1805 The Indians left us to day after brackfast, haveing Sold us 2 of the robes of a Small…
Dec
13
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 13, 1805 Analysis
of our huts and began the last line of our huts forming three 1 The site of Fori Clatsop, about to be…
Dec
13
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 13, 1805 Analysis
hands were engaged at work. The party of Indians who came yesterday went away, and another party came about the middle of…
Dec
14
1805
Clark: December 14, 1805 Analysis
December 14th Saturday 1805 a cloudy day & rained moderately all day we finish the log works of our building, the Indians…
Dec
14
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 14, 1805 Analysis
186 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE went back with two other men to take care of the meat. In the course of the…
Dec
14
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 14, 1805 Analysis
tinued on with the huts. 2 men employed Splitting out plank to cover our huts with, we finished raiseing the other line…
Dec
15
1805
Clark: December 15, 1805 Analysis
December 15th Sunday 1805 I Set out with 16 men in 3 Canoes for the Elk proced up the 1st right hand…
Dec
15
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 15, 1805 Analysis
with 16 of the party started to bring in the meat the four men were taking care of; myself and 2 others…
Dec
16
1805
Clark: December 16, 1805 Analysis
December 16th Monday 1805 rained all the last night we Covered our Selves as well as we Could with Elk Skins, &…
Dec
16
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 16, 1805 Analysis
we Suffered with wet & cold all last night, and could not make fire for everry thing we had was wet. we…
Dec
16
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 16, 1805 Analysis
About 8 Capt. Clarke and 15 men came in loaded with meat; they left a canoe with 7 men to bring in…
Dec
17
1805
Clark: December 17, 1805 Analysis
December 17th Tuesday 1805 rained Some last night and this morning, all hands at work about the huts Chinking them, The 7…
Dec
17
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 17, 1805 Analysis
and continues this morning, we went at chinking up our huts and Splitting plank &C. cut our meat & hung it in…
Dec
17
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 17, 1805 Analysis
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION _ 187 light showers of rain and hail. About 11 o’clock the 7 men came with the canoe…
Dec
18
1805
Clark: December 18, 1805 Analysis
December 18th Wednesday 1805 rained and Snowed alturnitely all the last night and the gusts of Snow and hail continue untill 12…
Dec
18
1805
Lewis: December 18, 1805 Analysis
Fort Clatsop, December 18th 1805. This day one of the men shot a bird of the Corvus genus, which was feeding on…
Dec
18
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 18, 1805 Analysis
sent3 with 2 canoes across the bay after Some plank, they returned towards evening with the canoes loaded with plank which they…
Dec
18
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 18, 1805 Analysis
and the morning was stormy. In the middle of the day the weather became clear, and we had a fine afternoon.
Dec
19
1805
Clark: December 19, 1805 Analysis
December 19th Thursday 1805 Some rain with intervales of fair weather last night, The morning Clear and wind from S W. I…
Dec
19
1805
Lewis: December 19, 1805 Analysis
Discription of the blue Crested corvus bird common to the woody and western side of the Rockey mountains, and all the woody…
Dec
19
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 19, 1805 Analysis
hard this morn8 I was taken verry unwell last night, the men in general are in good health Several of the Clatsop…
Dec
19
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 19, 1805 Analysis
expected to have some fair pleasant weather, but at noon it became cloudy again and began to rain.
Dec
20
1805
Clark: December 20, 1805 Analysis
December 20th Friday 1805 Some rain and hail last night and this morning it rained hard untill 10 oClock, men all employd…
Dec
20
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 20, 1805 Analysis
lected all the puncheons or slabs we had made and some which we got from some Indian huts up the bay. But…
Dec
21
1805
Clark: December 21, 1805 Analysis
December 21st Saturday 1805 rain as usial last night and all day to day moderately. we Continued at the Cabins dobbing &…
Dec
21
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 21, 1805 Analysis
and had a fine morning. At 10, we came to the lodges of some of the natives, and halted with them about…
Dec
22
1805
Clark: December 22, 1805 Analysis
December 22nd Sunday 1805 rained all the last night & to day without much intermition we finish dobbig 4 huts which is…
Dec
22
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 22, 1805 Analysis
early, and saw a great number of ducks, geese and gulls. At 10 o'clock we came to a large island, where the…
Dec
22
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 22, 1805 Analysis
rainy warm & wet.
Dec
23
1805
Clark: December 23, 1805 Analysis
December 23rd Monday 1805 rained without intermition all last night, and this day much Thunder in the morning and evening with rain…
Dec
23
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 23, 1805 Analysis
forenoon all hands, but three left to keep camp, went up and took the canoes over to the south side ; as…
Dec
23
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 23, 1805 Analysis
than common this day.
Dec
24
1805
Clark: December 24, 1805 Analysis
December 24th Tuesday-5 Some hard rain at different times last night, and moderately this morning without intermition all hands employed in Carrying…
Dec
24
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 24, 1805 Analysis
covering our huts and made fires in them. Some of the men moved in them this evening.
Dec
24
1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 24, 1805 Analysis
early ; found the water very rapid below the falls ; and having gone 4 miles below the narrows, came to other…
Dec
25
1805
William Clark: December 25, 1805 Analysis
Christmas Wednesday 25th December 1805 at day light this morning we we[re] awoke by the discharge of the fire arm[s] of all our party & a Selute, Shouts…
Dec
25
1805
John Ordway: December 25, 1805 Analysis
weather, we all moved in to our new Fort, which our officers name Fort Clatsop1 after the name of the Clatsop nation…
Dec
25
1805
Patrick Gass: December 25, 1805 Analysis
morning we left our camp and moved into our huts. At day break all the men paraded and fired a round of…
Dec
26
1805
Clark: December 26, 1805 Analysis
December 26th Thursday 1805 rained and blew hard last night Some hard Thunder, The rain continued as usial all day and wind…
Dec
26
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — John Ordway: December 26, 1805 Analysis
by the high winds and hard Storms hard rain continues as usal.
Dec
26
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 26, 1805 Analysis
morning we left our camp and moved into our huts. At day break all the men paraded and fired a round of…
Dec
27
1805
Clark: December 27, 1805 Analysis
December 27th Friday 1805. rained last night as usial and the greater part of this day, the men Complete Chimneys & Bunks…
Dec
27
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — John Ordway: December 27, 1805 Analysis
in our huts which made them much more comfortable than before, in the evening Several Savages came to the Fort, hard rain…
Dec
27
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 27, 1805 Analysis
blew very hard up the river, and we remained here all day. This is the first hunting ground we have had for…
Dec
28
1805
Clark: December 28, 1805 Analysis
December 28th Saturday 1805 rained as usial, a great part of the last night, and this morning rained and the wind blew…
Dec
28
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — John Ordway: December 28, 1805 Analysis
last night and informed us that a verry large fish was drove to Shore on the coast and that their women wer…
Dec
28
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 28, 1805 Analysis
rain ; but at sun rise the morning was fine and clear. At 8 o'clock we embarked, went about 4 miles and…
Dec
29
1805
Clark: December 29, 1805 Analysis
December 29th Sunday 1805 rained last night as usial, this morning Cloudy without rain a hard wind from the S. E. The…
