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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
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…
Dec
29
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — John Ordway: December 29, 1805 Analysis
employed gitting pickets &C. Several of the Chinock nation came to the fort with wapatoe roots and dry Sammon to trade we…
Dec
29
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 29, 1805 Analysis
succeeded ; and three more hunters went out. In the after- noon several of the Chin-ook nation came to our fort with…
Dec
30
1805
Clark: December 30, 1805 Analysis
December 30th Monday 1805 Hard wind and Some rain last night, this morning fair and the Sun Shown for a Short time…
Dec
30
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 30, 1805 Analysis
the morning was fair, and we had some sunshine, which hap- pens very seldom; light showers of rain fell during the day.…
Dec
30
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — John Ordway: December 30, 1805 Analysis
which is verry uncommon at this place, we finished puting up our pickets and gates of the fort, about 2 oClock P.…
Dec
31
1805
Clark: December 31, 1805 Analysis
December 31st Tuesday 1805 A Cloudy night & Some rain, this day proved Cloudy and Some Showers of rain to day all…
Dec
31
1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 31, 1805 Analysis
the natives came to trade with Wapto roots and salmon: the first party had gone off in the morning. 190 GASS’S JOURNAL…
Jan
1
1806
Clark: January 1, 1806 Analysis
January 1st Wednesday 1806 This morning proved cloudy with moderate rain, after a pleasent worm night during which there fell but little…
Jan
1
1806
Lewis: January 1, 1806 Analysis
Fort Clatsop 1806. January 1st Tuesday. This morning I was awoke at an early hour by the discharge of a volley of…
Jan
1
1806
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — John Ordway: January 1, 1806 Analysis
day break this morning by firing at their quarters as a remem- brence of the new year a pleasant morning. 2 men…
Jan
1
1806
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: January 1, 1806 Analysis
men went out in the morning and brought the meat of the elk into the Fort.
Jan
2
1806
Clark: January 2, 1806 Analysis
January 2nd Thursday 1806. A Cloudy rainey morning after a wet night. dispatched 12 Men for the two Elk Killed yesterday which…
Jan
2
1806
Lewis: January 2, 1806 Analysis
Thursday, January 2nd 1806 Sent out a party of men and brought in the two Elk which were killed yesterday. Willard and…
Jan
2
1806
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — John Ordway: January 2, 1806 Analysis
and continues this morning 14 men went out and brought in 1 Having completed the fort the captains issued this day a…
Jan
3
1806
Clark: January 3, 1806 Analysis
January 3rd Friday 1806 The Sun rose fair this morning for the first time for Six weeks past, the Clouds Soon obscure…
Jan
3
1806
Lewis: January 3, 1806 Analysis
Friday January 3d 1806. At 11 A.M. we were visited by our near neighbours, Chief or Tia, Como-wool; alias Conia and six…
Jan
3
1806
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — John Ordway: January 3, 1806 Analysis
part of last night one of the hunters caught a large otter. Serg* Gass went over to the Salt Camps, about 10…
Jan
3
1806
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: January 3, 1806 Analysis
this morning with one of the men to go to the salt works, to see what progress those engaged in that business…
Jan
4
1806
Clark: January 4, 1806 Analysis
Saturday 4th January 1806 Comowool and the Clatsops who visited us yesterday left us in the morning. Those people the Chinnook and…
Jan
4
1806
Lewis: January 4, 1806 Analysis
Saturday January 4th 1806. Comowooll and the Clatsops who visited us yesterday left us in the evening. These people the Chinnooks and…
