Journal entry · February 3, 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 3, 1806
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Clatsop, OR
George Drewyer & Batteast [Lepage] came in from hunting
had killed Seven Elk & caught one large beaver. Six men set
324 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [Feb. 4
out with a canoe after the meat, but the wind So high that [it]
obledged them to return five men came in from the Salt works
with about 2 bushels of good Salt, and Some whail meat which
the natives call Ecoley. we mix it with our poor Elk meat &
find it eats verry well.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of February 1 to February 28, 1806
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.1 mi
- Fort Clatsop (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.1 mi
- Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.7 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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