Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 9, 1806
On this day at the expedition's winter quarters, the party occupied themselves with jerking meat to preserve it. The weather was unsettled, with several showers of hail falling throughout the course of the day. Ordway's brief entry records no other notable events, visitors, or decisions, suggesting a routine day focused on food preservation tasks typical of their stay at Fort Clatsop during the winter of 1806.
at jurking the meat. Several Showers of hail in course of the day.
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