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Fort Clatsop, salt works established — John Ordway: January 5, 1806

January 5, 1806
John Ordway Fort Clatsop, salt works established Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

one of the hunters returned to the Fort had killed nothing
except one brant and 2 ducks Shortly after 2 men came from
the Salt Camp with about 2 gallons of Salt, they had killed
three Elk and one Deer, they informed us that the Savages
brought loads of the whail that they had informed us of. our
men bought som of the meat from them which was good.

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