Journal entry · November 25, 1805
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — John Ordway: November 25, 1805
John Ordway · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
canoes in the River [and] loaded up. our officers bought two more
sea otter Skins of the natives, we then Set out and came about 9
miles up the River and attempted to cross over to the opposite
Shore but the waves [were] So high that the canoes were near filling.
So we turned back to Shore again and kept along the Shore about
4 miles above Shallow bay and Camped.1
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