Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 13, 1806
Three hunters returned to the fort with two elk and two deer. Drewyer was dispatched to the Clatsop village to purchase a canoe. Ordway and six others went out to retrieve the meat from an elk that had been killed. Sergeant Pryor and two men set out once more to search for the missing canoe. By evening, all parties had returned to the fort. Collins, who accompanied Sergeant Pryor, had killed two doe elk and wounded one or two others during the outing.
our three hunters returned to the fort, had killed two Elk
and two deer. Drewyer sent to the Clatsop village in order to
purchase a canoe. I went with Six more of the party after the
meat of an Elk. Serg’ Pryor and 2 men went to look again for
the lost canoe, in the evening all returned to the fort. Collins
who went with Serg* Pryor had killed two doe Elk and wounded
1 or 2 more.
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Our three hunters returned to the fort, having killed two elk and two deer. Drewyer was sent to the Clatsop village in order to purchase a canoe. I went with six more of the party after the meat of an elk. Sergeant Pryor and 2 men went to look again for the lost canoe. In the evening all returned to the fort. Collins, who went with Sergeant Pryor, had killed two doe elk and wounded 1 or 2 more.
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