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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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Mar
16
1806
Lewis: March 16, 1806 Analysis
Sunday March 16th 1806. Not any occurrence worthy of relation took place today. Drewyer and party did not return from the Cathlahmahs…
Mar
16
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 16, 1806 Analysis
Stayed in the fort, rained the greater part of the day. nothing else extroardinary. our officers Sealed up some papers and letters…
Mar
16
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: March 16, 1806 Analysis
rain; and the rain has continued all day. The Indians staid about the fort the whole of this day. Yesterday while I…
Mar
17
1806
Clark: March 17, 1806 Analysis
Monday March 17th 1806 Catel and his family left us this morning. Old Delashelwill and his women still remain, they have formed…
Mar
17
1806
Lewis: March 17, 1806 Analysis
Monday March 17th 1806. Catel and his family left us this morning. Old Delashelwilt and his women still remain they have formed…
Mar
17
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 17, 1806 Analysis
Snow, we fixed our canoes and git in readiness for a Start expect- 1 "we were visited this afternoon by Dclashshelwilt a…
Mar
18
1806
Clark: March 18, 1806 Analysis
Tuesday March 17th 1806 Drewyer was taken last night with a violent pain in his Side. I bled him. Several of the…
Mar
18
1806
Lewis: March 18, 1806 Analysis
Tuesday March 18th 1806. Drewyer was taken last night with a violent pain in his side. Capt. Clark blead him. several of…
Mar
18
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 18, 1806 Analysis
Some Thunder, we repair the Small canoes. 4 men went over to the prarie near the coast to take a canoe which…
Mar
18
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: March 18, 1806 Analysis
day, and some hail fell in the course of the day. Some of the men are repairing the small canoes, and making…
Mar
19
1806
Clark: March 19, 1806 Analysis
Wednesday March 19th 1806 Inds. Descd. It continued to rain and hail in Such a manner that nothing Could be done to…
Mar
19
1806
Lewis: March 19, 1806 Analysis
Wednesday March 19th 1806. It continued to rain and hail today in such manner that nothing further could be done to the…
Mar
19
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 19, 1806 Analysis
Elk meat, hard Showers of rain intermixed with Snow and hail.
Mar
20
1806
Clark: March 20, 1806 Analysis
Thursday March 20th 1806 It continued to rain and blow so violently to day that nothing could be done towards fowarding our…
Mar
20
1806
Lewis: March 20, 1806 Analysis
Thursday March 20th 1806. It continued to rain and blow so violently today that nothing could be done towards forwarding our departure.…
Mar
20
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 20, 1806 Analysis
night and continues this morning. So we are only waiting for good weather to start, their has been 150 odd Elk killed…
Mar
20
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: March 20, 1806 Analysis
agreeable. We intended to have set out to day on our re- turn, but the weather was too bad. I made a…
Mar
21
1806
Clark: March 21, 1806 Analysis
Friday March 21st 1806 as we could not Set out we thought it best to Send out Some hunters and accordingly dispatched…
Mar
21
1806
Lewis: March 21, 1806 Analysis
Friday March 21st 1806. As we could not set out we thought it best to send out some hunters and accordingly dispatched…
Mar
21
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 21, 1806 Analysis
tinues this morning, a number of natives visited us with Some dryed small fish to trade which they call in their language…
Mar
21
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: March 21, 1806 Analysis
204 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE hunters went out this morning; and about ro o’clock we were visited by some of the Clat-sop…
Mar
22
1806
Clark: March 22, 1806 Analysis
Saturday March 22nd 1806 Drewyer and the two Fieldses departed this morning agreably to the order of last evening. we Sent out…
Mar
22
1806
Lewis: March 22, 1806 Analysis
Saturday March 22cd 1806. Drewyer and the Feildses departed this morning agreably to the order of the last evening. we sent out…
Mar
22
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 22, 1806 Analysis
with a Small canoe to go on a head to hunt untill we come up. carried their baggage with them. 6 men…
Mar
22
1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: March 22, 1806 Analysis
hunters were sent on ahead to remain at some good hunting ground until we should all come up; and six others to…
