Journal entry · November 26, 1805

Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — John Ordway: November 26, 1805

John Ordway · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

The place today: Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia

eairly went about one mile then crossed the River and went
down along the the South Shore passed Several Islands, halted at a
village of the Clatsop nation, they gave us pleanty to eat and
appeared verry friendly, we bought a fiew wapatoes roots, &C
the day rainy and cold, we went on passd Several low marshy
Islands which was covred with course grass, and willows the
Shore is high land covred thick with pine timber and under
brush, we Campd in a thick part of wood.

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