Journal entry · December 14, 1805
Clark: December 14, 1805
William Clark · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Clatsop, OR
December 14th Saturday 1805 a cloudy day & rained moderately all day
we finish the log works of our building, the Indians leave us to day after
Selling a Small Sea otter Skin and a roabe, Send 4 men to Stay at the Elk
which is out in the woods &c.
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Saturday 14th December 1805 The Day Cloudy and rained moderately all day
we finish the log work of our building, the Indians leave us to day after
Selling a Small Sea otter Skin and a roab, dispatch 4 men to the Elk out
in the woods with derections to delay untill the party goes up tomorrow.
all employd in finishing a house to put meat into. all our last Supply of
Elk has Spoiled in the repeeted rains which has been fallen ever Since our
arrival at this place, and for a long time before, Scerce one man in Camp
Can host of being one day dry Since we landed at this point, the Sick
getting better, my man York Sick with Cholick & gripeing
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The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 10 to December 14, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.1 mi
- Fort Clatsop (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.1 mi
- Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.7 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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