Journal entry · March 18, 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 18, 1806
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
Some Thunder, we repair the Small canoes. 4 men went over to
the prarie near the coast to take a canoe which belongd to the
Clatsop Indians, as we are in want of it. in the evening they re-
turned 2 of them by land and killd an Elk. the others took the
canoe near the fort and concealed it, as the chief of the Clatsops is
now here.2
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Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of March 1 to March 22, 1806
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.1 mi
- Fort Clatsop (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.1 mi
- Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.7 mi
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