Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 19, 1806
Ordway and six other men set out early overland to the salt works to retrieve salt and baggage. They crossed prairies where the ground formed wave-like ridges, pushing through freezing rain that beat against their faces. After reaching the coast, they waded across a river up to their waists. Cold and soaked, they took shelter in an abandoned Indian house, built a fire, and stayed the night while sand blew and waves rolled along the shore.
myself and Six more of the party Set out eairly to go by land to
the Salt works to bring in the Salt & baggage we proceed on to
the praries crossed the prarie where the land is in ridges like
the waves the frozen rain beat in our faces verry hard, we got
on the coast crossd a river where we waided to our middles and
was glad to git in an old Indian house where we made a fire and
Stayed all night. Sand flew & waves rold
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Myself and six more of the party set out early to go by land to the salt works to bring in the salt and baggage. We proceeded on to the prairies and crossed the prairie where the land is in ridges like the waves. The frozen rain beat in our faces very hard.
We got on the coast and crossed a river where we waded to our middles, and were glad to get into an old Indian house where we made a fire and stayed all night. Sand flew and waves rolled.
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