Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 24, 1805
On December 24, 1805, the expedition continued building their winter quarters at what would become Fort Clatsop. The men worked on covering their huts and built fires inside them. Some members of the party moved into the newly completed shelters that evening, taking their first night's rest in the new lodgings as the corps prepared to settle in for the winter on the Pacific coast.
covering our huts and made fires in them. Some of the men
moved in them this evening.
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Covering our huts and made fires in them. Some of the men moved into them this evening.
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