Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — John Ordway: November 12, 1805

and hard Thunder lightning and hail this morning we Saw a
mountain on the opposite Shore covred with Snow, the rain con-
tinued hard all day. we moved our Camp a Short distance fur-
ther up the River to the mouth of a creek and got a more com-
fortable Camp, we giged several more Trout in this creek.
1 On the lee side of Point Ellice, and directly across the river from Astoria.
Wheeler.
2 They crossed the river, here about five miles wide, Clark writes, “through
the highest Bees I ever saw ;i small vestle ride, Their canoe is small, mane}
times they were out of sight before the|y] were 2 miles off certain it is they are
are the best canoe navigators I ever saw.”‘
1805] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 311