Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — John Ordway: December 8, 1805
A hard white frost and cold weather greeted the morning after the tide came in overnight. Twelve men were dispatched with two canoes to retrieve elk meat, while Captain Clark and five men set out overland to the ocean to blaze a trail and scout a suitable location for making salt. By evening, the hunting party returned with a good supply of elk meat. The group then established their encampment.
ing by the tide last night, a hard white frost this morning, and
cold. 12 men was dispached with two canoes after Elk meat
Cap* Clark and 5 men went across by land to the ocean in order
to blaze a road and look out a place to make Salt &C. in the
evening the men returned with a fine chance of Elk meat, we
formed an Encampment &C.
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...by the tide last night, a hard white frost this morning, and cold. Twelve men were dispatched with two canoes after elk meat. Capt Clark (Capt. Clark) and 5 men went across by land to the ocean in order to blaze a road and look out a place to make salt, etc. In the evening the men returned with a fine quantity of elk meat, and we formed an encampment, etc.
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