Journal entry · February 18, 1806

Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 18, 1806

John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Clatsop, OR

with a canoe for the Salt works. 10 more set out for the Elk
meat, we found the wind so high at the bay that we had to
return to the Fort, had Several Squawls of wind & rain.

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Fort Clatsop, OR

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