Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — John Ordway: March 25, 1806

John Ordway · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

The place today: Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River

going down with their canoe loaded with fish and wapatoes. the
winds hard a head and tide against us So we delayd untill 1
oClock P. M. at which time we set out met 2 canoes of the
Clatsops loaded with dried fish and wapatoes &C. & Sturgeon
which they had purchased above. we crossed over to an Island4
on which was a fishing Camp of the Cath le mahs. they had a
vast Site of Sturgeon one of the men purchased a Sea otter
Skin, the price of which was a dressed Elk Skin and a silk hanker-
chief, we proceeded on from thence the after part of the day
the wind rose high after dark we arived at another fishing Camp
of the Cathlemahs where we Camped for the night.5

Entities mentioned in this entry

Tribes & Nations:

Clatsops Cath le mahs Cathlemahs

Places:

Animals:

Sturgeon Sea otter Elk

Plants:

wapatoes

Foods:

dried fish fish

Tools:

Weather:

winds hard a head wind rose high

Cultural:

fishing Camp dressed Elk Skin

Trade Goods:

Sea otter Skin dressed Elk Skin silk handkerchief dried fish wapatoes Sturgeon

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left shore Columbia at mouth Clatskanine River, OR

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