Clark: February 21, 1806

William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters

That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Clatsop, OR

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-