Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 10, 1805
The expedition crew spent the day clearing ground to build their winter huts despite heavy rain falling for most of the day. Toward evening, Captain Clark returned with three members of his party from a scouting trip to the Pacific Ocean. They reported that the ocean lay about seven miles away along a route they had blazed. They had visited a small village of the Clatsop nation on the coast, where they were received in a friendly manner. The coastal area featured considerable prairie land along with some low marshes.
hands wen[t] at clearing away the ground for the huts, rained
hard the most of the day, towards evening Cap* Clark and 3 of
his party returned from the ocean and informed us that it was
about 7 miles to the ocean the way they blazed a road, they was
at a Small village of the Clatsop nation of Indians on the coast,
they treated them in a friendly manner, considerable of prarie
land on the Coast &C. Some low marshes also.
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The men went to clearing away the ground for the huts. It rained hard most of the day. Towards evening Capt Clark (Capt. Clark) and 3 of his party returned from the ocean and informed us that it was about 7 miles to the ocean by the way they blazed a road. They were at a small village of the Clatsop nation of Indians on the coast, who treated them in a friendly manner. There is considerable prairie land on the coast, etc., and some low marshes also.
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