Cascades of the Columbia, portage — John Ordway: October 31, 1805
Native people visited the fort bringing wapatoe roots, and the expedition party purchased several bags from them. The men spent the day on construction and maintenance tasks, building a sheltered box where the sentinel could stand guard out of the rain. They also dug two sinks (latrines or drainage pits) to improve the camp's facilities.
the natives came to the fort with wapatoe roots we bought
Several bags from them, we built a box for the centinel to
Stand in out of the rain dug 2 Sinques [sinks] &C.
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The natives came to the fort with wapatoe roots; we bought several bags from them. We built a box for the sentinel to stand in out of the rain, and dug 2 sinks, etc.
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