Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 21, 1806
The party crossed the river in an Indian canoe and pushed hard overland with their baggage. Halfway through the journey, a heavy storm broke out with pouring rain and high winds, preventing them from canoeing across a creek, so they waded through it instead. They reached the fort around 12:30, exhausted, soaked from wading through marshes and slashes, and Ordway fell ill. The weather was stormy and miserable. The group sent for elk meat had returned with it on the evening of the 19th.
and baggage.1 took an Indian canoe and crossed the River and
travelled verry hard, when we got half way set in to Storming &
rained verry hard & the wind blew so high that we could not cross
the creek in a canoe and waided across and got to the Fort about
half past 12 oClock. much fatigued and I am at this time verry
Sick, and wet to my Skins waiding the Slashes and marshes,
the day verry disagreeable and Stormey &C. the party who
went after Elk meat brought it in on evening of 19th ins*
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and baggage. We took an Indian canoe and crossed the river and traveled very hard. When we got halfway, it began to storm and rained very hard, and the wind blew so high that we could not cross the creek in a canoe, so we waded across and got to the Fort about half past 12 o'clock, much fatigued. I am at this time very sick, and wet to my skin from wading the slashes and marshes. The day was very disagreeable and stormy, etc. The party who went after elk meat brought it in on the evening of the 19th instant.
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