Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: March 20, 1806
Rainy weather continues, keeping the party at camp and waiting for conditions to improve before departing. Ordway tallies the winter's hunting results: roughly 150 elk and 20 deer have been killed by the party over the course of the season. He also notes that the men have prepared 338 pairs of moccasins in total, most of them made from sturdy elk skins, in preparation for the journey ahead.
night and continues this morning. So we are only waiting for
good weather to start, their has been 150 odd Elk killed by this
party in the course of the last winter, and 20 deer, the party has
now got in all 338 pair of good Mockasons the most of them good
Elk Skins Mockasons.
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Night, and it continues this morning. So we are only waiting for good weather to start. There have been 150-odd Elk killed by this party over the course of the last winter, and 20 deer. The party has now gotten in all 338 pairs of good Moccasins, most of them good Elk skin Moccasins.
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