Journal entry · October 6, 1805
Canoe Camp on Clearwater River — John Ordway: October 6, 1805
John Ordway · Canoe Camp on Clearwater River · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Canoe Camp on Clearwater River
of last night, we set out as usal and proceeded on Shortly
passed a Small village on the Lard Side Several Indians came out
in a canoe to trade with us we bought Some fresh fish and some
roots, we passed large bottoms covred with cotton timber passd
2 old villages which was Evacuated, the wind rose from the west
towards evening So that the waves run high, we Came 29 miles
this day and Camped on the Stard Side close under a clift of
rocks.2
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The NPS atlas for this night
Canoe Camp, west of Orofino, ID
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of October 1 to October 6, 1805
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