Clark’s party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head — John Ordway: January 8, 1806
Hunters left the fort to pursue game; Potts, Collins, and Reuben Fields had already been out since late December. Lewis recorded that he had grown fond of dog meat, even preferring it to lean venison or elk, while Clark remained unreconciled to it. Both captains noted the men's improved health on this diet. Sacagawea joined a departing party after persistently asking Clark, explaining that having traveled so far to see the great waters, she also wished to view the beached whale.
went out from the fort a hunting.
1 The hunters, Potts, Collins, and Reuben Fields, had been out since Decem-
ber 28.
2 Lewis had now become “so perfectly reconciled to the dog that I think
it an agreeable food and would prefer it vastly to lean Venison or Elk.” Journal.
January 3. Clark, on the contrary, had not yet become “reconsiled” to dog
meat. Both captains observe, however, that the men were healthier, during
the period when dog meat was the principal article of food, than at any other
time since leaving the buffalo country.
3 With the party went Sacajawca. This had been no part of Clark’s plan,
but she was importunate on the subject and he yielded to her entreaties, “she
observed,” writes Lewis, “that she had traveled a long way with us to see the
great waters, and that now that monstrous fish was also to be seen, she thought
1806] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 321
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Went out from the fort hunting.
1. The hunters—Potts, Collins, and Reuben Fields—had been out since December 28.
2. Lewis had now become "so perfectly reconciled to the dog that I think it an agreeable food and would prefer it vastly to lean venison or elk." Journal, January 3. Clark, on the contrary, had not yet become "reconciled" to dog meat. Both captains observe, however, that the men were healthier during the period when dog meat was the principal article of food than at any other time since leaving the buffalo country.
3. With the party went Sacajawea. This had been no part of Clark's plan, but she was insistent on the subject and he yielded to her entreaties. "She observed," writes Lewis, "that she had traveled a long way with us to see the great waters, and that now that monstrous fish was also to be seen, she thought
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