Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: January 28, 1806
On a harsh winter day, fourteen members of the expedition set out early to retrieve meat from a previous hunt. The hunters were only able to locate three elk hidden in the thickets, which the party gathered before returning to Fort Clatsop. Additionally, two men arrived back at the fort from the salt-making camps on the coast, bringing word that they had killed a large otter.
hard. 14 of the party set out eairly to go after the meat, the
hunters could not find but 3 Elk in the thickets So we took them
and return6 to the fort. 2 men came from the Salt Camps had
killed a large otter.
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Hard. Fourteen of the party set out early to go after the meat. The hunters could only find 3 elk in the thickets, so we took them and returned to the fort. Two men came from the salt camps; they had killed a large otter.
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