John Ordway: December 25, 1805

weather, we all moved in to our new Fort, which our officers
name Fort Clatsop1 after the name of the Clatsop nation of
Indians who live nearest to us. the party Saluted our officers
by each man firing a gun at their quarters at day break this
morning, they divided out the last of their tobacco among
the men that used [it] and the rest they gave each a Silk hanker-
chief, as a Christmast gift, to keep us in remembrence of it as
we have no ardent Spirits, but are all in good health which we
esteem more than all the ardent Spirits in the world, we have
nothing to eat but poore Elk meat and no Salt t6 Season that
with, but Still keep in good Spirits2 as we expect this to be the
last winter that we will have to pass in this way.