Journal entry · December 5, 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 5, 1805
John Ordway · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
noon Cap1 Lewis and three men returned and informed us that
they had found a tollarable good place for our winters quarters
about 15 miles down the South Shore, a Short distance up a
Small River, they had killed 7 Elk and five Deer. 2 men stayed
to take care of the meat.
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