Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — John Ordway: November 29, 1805
The party took the small canoe down the river to scout a location for winter quarters. The weather was showery with occasional hail throughout the day. The expedition was camped on the narrow neck of land connecting Point William (modern Tongue Point, named for Clark) to the mainland, opposite the future site of Astoria. Conditions were miserable, with Clark lamenting the dreadful weather. The group would remain at this camp until December 7 before relocating.
the Small canoe in order to go down the River to look out a place
for winter quarters. Showery and Some hail in the course of
the day.
1 Opposite Pillar Rock, and near the site of the encampment of November 7.
2 The camp, where the party was to remain until December 7, was “on
the neck of Land Which joins Point William to the main.” Clark. Point
William, so named in Clark’s honor, was modern Tongue Point. Wheeler
says the camp was on the south side of the Point, while Thwaites has it “facing
the site of Astoria, near the spot where the government now has a hydrographic
station.” Since the neck of land, connecting the Point with the mainland,
was only fifty yards wide the two descriptions do not involve much actual
difference as to the site of the camp.
3 “O! how disagreeable is our Situation durcing this dreadfull weather.”
Clark.
1805] SERGEANT ORDWAY’S JOURNAL 315
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the small canoe in order to go down the river to look out a place for winter quarters. Showery, with some hail during the course of the day.
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