Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 16, 1806

On this day at the expedition's winter quarters, activity was minimal and Ordway's journal entry is exceptionally brief. He notes only that three men from the party left camp to go hunting. No details are provided about who the hunters were, what game they pursued, the weather, or the results of their efforts. The terse entry reflects the routine, uneventful nature of many days during the Corps of Discovery's stay at Fort Clatsop in the winter of 1806.