Clark: February 21, 1806
Three Clatsop visitors spent the day at the fort, with Captain Lewis giving one of them needles before they left in the evening. Drewyer and Collins tried to track elk Collins had spotted, but heavy rain forced them back empty-handed; Drewyer also saw a fisher that escaped. Sergeant Ordway's party returned from the now-abandoned salt camp with their salt and equipment, bringing the total stock to about 20 gallons. Willard was given Scots pills, and Gibson continued recovering on bark. Clark also recorded observations about regional wolves.
Friday February 21st 1806 Visited this morning by three Clatsops, who
remained with us all day; they are great begers; Capt Lewis gave one of
them a fiew nedles with which he appeared much gratified, in the evening
late they departed.
Drewyer and Collins went in pursute of Some Elk the tracks of which
Collins had discovered yesterday; but it rained So hard they Could not
pursue them by the tracks, and returned unsucksessfull. Drewyer Saw a
fisher but it escaped from him among the fallen timber. Sergt. Ordway
returned with the party from the Salt Camp which we have now avacuated.
they brought with them the Salt and utensels. our Stock of Salt is now
about 20 Gallons; 12 Gallons we had Secured in 2 Small iron bound Kegs and
laid by for our voyage. Gave Willard a dose of Scots pills; they opperated
very well. Gibson Still Continus the bark 3 times a day and is on the
recovery fast.
The large brown Wolf is like that of the atlantic States, and are found
only in the woody Country on the Pacific Ocean embraceing the mountains
which pass the Columbia between the Great Falls an Rapids of the same. The
large and Small Wolves of the inhabitents principally of the open Country
and the wood land on their borders, and resemble in their habits those of
the plains of Missouri presisely they are not abundant in the Plains of
Columbia because there is but little game on which for them to subsist-
Read this entry in modern English AI-translated
Friday, February 21st, 1806. We were visited this morning by three Clatsops, who remained with us all day. They are great beggars. Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) gave one of them a few needles, with which he appeared much gratified. Late in the evening they departed.
Drewyer (Drouillard) and Collins went in pursuit of some elk, the tracks of which Collins had discovered yesterday; but it rained so hard they could not follow them by the tracks, and they returned unsuccessful. Drewyer saw a fisher, but it escaped from him among the fallen timber. Sergt. Ordway returned with the party from the Salt Camp, which we have now evacuated. They brought with them the salt and utensils. Our stock of salt is now about 20 gallons; 12 gallons we had secured in 2 small iron-bound kegs and set aside for our voyage. Gave Willard a dose of Scott's pills; they operated very well. Gibson still continues the bark three times a day and is recovering quickly.
The large brown wolf is like that of the Atlantic states, and is found only in the wooded country along the Pacific Ocean, including the mountains through which the Columbia passes between the Great Falls and Rapids of the same. The large and small wolves of the inhabitants live principally in the open country and the woodland on its borders, and resemble in their habits those of the plains of Missouri precisely. They are not abundant in the plains of the Columbia because there is but little game on which they can subsist—
This modernization is AI-generated for accessibility. The original above is the authoritative version.
Entities mentioned in this entry
Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.
