Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 18, 1805
Two canoes were sent across the bay to gather plank, and the party returned in the evening with the canoes loaded with lumber salvaged from old fishing camps. The weather was harsh, bringing a mix of light hail, freezing rain, and cold conditions. An editorial note points out that Clark recorded this plank-gathering trip as taking place on December 19 rather than December 18, reflecting a one-day discrepancy between Ordway's and Clark's journals during this period at the fort.
sent3 with 2 canoes across the bay after Some plank, they
returned towards evening with the canoes loaded with plank
which they took from Some old fishing Camps, a little hail
and frozen rain & cold.
1 Two diagrams of the fort, drawn by Clark, are reproduced by Thwaites
(III, 268, 298). Neither of them agrees with Ordway’s description.
2 “The winds violent Trees falling in every derection, whorl winds, with
gusts of rain Hail & Thunder, this kind of weather lasted all day, Certainly
one of the worst days that ever was!” Clark.
3 Clark records this trip as occurring December 19. In similar fashion- the
visit from the savages noted by Ordway December 19 is given by Clark as of
December 20.
318 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [Dec. 19
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Sent three men with two canoes across the bay to get some planks. They returned toward evening with the canoes loaded with planks, which they took from some old fishing camps. There was a little hail and frozen rain, and it was cold.
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