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Original journal entries from all six expedition journalists: Lewis, Clark, Floyd, Ordway, Gass, and Whitehouse. Sourced from the Thwaites Edition (1904-1905).

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919 cross-narrator analyses compare journalists on the same date (857 days). Entries with an analysis are marked below. All analyses
Feb 11 1806
Lewis: February 11, 1806 Analysis
Tuesday February 11th 1806. This morning Sergt. Gass Reubin Fields and Thompson passed the Netul opposite to us on a hunting expedition.…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 11 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 11, 1806 Analysis
with a canoe to go round to the Salt works after the Sick men. 2 more men were to Stay in their…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 11 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 11, 1806 Analysis
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION — 197 six men were sent to bring the sick men to the fort. At the same time…
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 12 1806
Clark: February 12, 1806 Analysis
Wednesday February 12th 1806. This morning we were visited by a Clatsop man who brought with him three dogs as a remuneration…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 12 1806
Lewis: February 12, 1806 Analysis
Wednesday February 12th 1806. This morning we were visited by a Clatsop man who brought with him three dogs as a remuneration…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 12 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 12, 1806 Analysis
Clatsop Indians came to the Fort and Stayed all night.2 1 In the evening, Lewis notes, they had an "excellent supper it…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 13 1806
Clark: February 13, 1806 Analysis
Tuesday February 13th 1806. The Clatsop left us this morning at 11 A.M. not anything transpired dureing the day worthy of notice.…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 13 1806
Lewis: February 13, 1806 Analysis
Thursday February 13th 1806. The Clatsop left us this morning at 11 A.M. not any thing transpired during the day worthy of…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 13 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 13, 1806 Analysis
bought a sea otter skin from the Indian for a peace of Tobacco not the half of a carrit.
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 14 1806
Clark: February 14, 1806 Analysis
Friday February 14th 1806 We are very uneasy with respect to our Sick men at the Salt works. Serjt. Pryor and party…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 14 1806
Lewis: February 14, 1806 Analysis
Friday February 14th 1806. We are very uneasy with rispect to our sick men at the salt works. Sergt. Pryor and party…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 14 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 14, 1806 Analysis
rain through the course of the day.
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 15 1806
Clark: February 15, 1806 Analysis
Saturday February 15th 1806 Drewyer and Whitehouse Set out on a hunting excurtion towards the mountains Southwest of us. we have heard…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 15 1806
Lewis: February 15, 1806 Analysis
Saturday February 15th 1806. Drewyer and Whitehouse set out this morning on a hunting excurtion towards the praries of Point Adams. we…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 15 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 15, 1806 Analysis
evening the party returned Bratton came by land sick they brought Gibson in a blank* up from the canoe, he is very…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 16 1806
Clark: February 16, 1806 Analysis
Sunday February 16th 1806 Sent Shannon Labiesh and frazier on a hunting excurtion up the Kilhaw-a-nak-kle river which discharges itself into the…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 16 1806
Lewis: February 16, 1806 Analysis
Sunday February 16th 1806. By several trials made today in order to adjust my Octant and ascertain her error in the direct…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 16 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 16, 1806 Analysis
three men went out to hunt.
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 17 1806
Clark: February 17, 1806 Analysis
Monday February 17th 1806 Collins and Windser were permited to hunt to day towards the praries in point Adams with a view…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 17 1806
Lewis: February 17, 1806 Analysis
Monday February 17th 1806. Collins and Windsor were permited to hunt today towards the praries in Point Adams with a view to…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 17 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 17, 1806 Analysis
hunters came in with the meat of an Elk which they took out of a creek where some of the hunters had…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 17 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 17, 1806 Analysis
fort and arrived there in the afternoon. We found the sick men at the fort, and still very bad. One of the…
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 18 1806
Clark: February 18, 1806 Analysis
Tuesday February 18th 1806 This morning we dispatched a party to the Salt works with Sergt. Ordway. and a Second party with…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 18 1806
Lewis: February 18, 1806 Analysis
Tuesday February 18th 1806. This morning we dispatched a party to the Saltworks with Sergt. Ordway and a second with Sergt. Gass…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 18 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 18, 1806 Analysis
with a canoe for the Salt works. 10 more set out for the Elk meat, we found the wind so high at…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 18 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 18, 1806 Analysis
jeant and six men set out to go to the salt works, to bring the salt and kettles to the fort. At…
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 19 1806
Clark: February 19, 1806 Analysis
Wednesday February 19th 1806. Sergt. Ordway Set out again with a party to the Salt works by land. in the evening Sergt.…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 19 1806
Lewis: February 19, 1806 Analysis
Wednesday February 19th 1806. Sergt. Ordway set out again this morning with a party for the salt works by land. in the…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 19 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 19, 1806 Analysis
myself and Six more of the party Set out eairly to go by land to the Salt works to bring in the…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 19 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 19, 1806 Analysis
and the serjeant and 7 men again set out for the salt works by land, to bring the salt and kettles to…
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 20 1806
Clark: February 20, 1806 Analysis
Thursday February 20th 1806. Permited Collins to hunt this morning he returned in the evening unsucksessfull as to the chase, but brought…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 20 1806
Lewis: February 20, 1806 Analysis
Thursday February 20th 1806. Permited Collins to hunt this morning he returned in the evening unsuccessfull as to the chase but brought…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 20 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 20, 1806 Analysis
the S. W. we Set out eairly and proced on along the coast faceing the wind the Sand cut our faces waided…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 20 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 20, 1806 Analysis
of the Chinook Indians came to the fort with hats to trade. They are made of the cedar bark and silk grass,…
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 21 1806
Clark: February 21, 1806 Analysis
Friday February 21st 1806 Visited this morning by three Clatsops, who remained with us all day; they are great begers; Capt Lewis…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 21 1806
Lewis: February 21, 1806 Analysis
Friday February 21st 1806. Visited this morning by 3 Clatsop who remained with us all day; they are great begers; I gave…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 21 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 21, 1806 Analysis
and baggage.1 took an Indian canoe and crossed the River and travelled verry hard, when we got half way set in to…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 21 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 21, 1806 Analysis
with the salt and baggage. They had a very unpleasant day, as it rained hard during the whole of it.
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 22 1806
Clark: February 22, 1806 Analysis
Saturday February 22nd 1806 We were visited to day by two Clatsops women and two boys who brought a parcel of excellent…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 22 1806
Lewis: February 22, 1806 Analysis
Saturday February 22cd 1806. We were visited today by two Clatsop women and two boys who brought a parsel of excellent hats…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 22 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 22, 1806 Analysis
Some better. I am full of pains but not verry sick, the rest of the Sick are mending a little. Several of…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 22 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 22, 1806 Analysis
natives again visited us, and brought some hats which we pur- chased at a moderate price. The 23rd was also clear and…
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 23 1806
Clark: February 23, 1806 Analysis
Sunday February 23rd 1806. Not any thing transpired desering particular notice. our Sick are all on the recovery. the men have provided…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 23 1806
Lewis: February 23, 1806 Analysis
Sunday February 23rd 1806. not anything transpired during this day worthy of particular notice. our sick are all on the recovery, except…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 23 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 23, 1806 Analysis
are now Sick I think that I and three others have the Enfluen- zey.
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 24 1806
Clark: February 24, 1806 Analysis
Monday February 24th 1806 Our Sick are Still on the recovery. Shannon and Labiche returned in the forenoon, they had killed no…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 24 1806
Lewis: February 24, 1806 Analysis
Monday February 24th 1806. Our sick are still on the recovery. Shannon & Labuishe returned in the forenoon; they had killed no…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 24 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 24, 1806 Analysis
Drewyer retorned and a number of Indians with him they brought some hats and fresh fish. our officers bought a Sea otter…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 25 1806
Clark: February 25, 1806 Analysis
Tuesday February 25th 1806 It continued to rain and blow So violently that there was no movement of the party to day.…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 25 1806
Lewis: February 25, 1806 Analysis
Tuesday February 25th 1806. It continued to rain and blow so violently that there was no movement of the party today. the…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 25 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 25, 1806 Analysis
feel a little better, the Storm contnd thro the course of the day.
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 25 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 25, 1806 Analysis
stormy. About 10 o’clock the natives went away, though it continued to rain very fast. They brought us yesterday a number of…
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 26 1806
Clark: February 26, 1806 Analysis
Wednesday February 26th 1806 This morning we dispatched Drewyer and two men in our indian canoe up the Columbia River to take…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 26 1806
Lewis: February 26, 1806 Analysis
Wednesday February 26th 1806. This morning we dispatched Drewyer and two men in our Indian canoe up the Columbia River to take…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 26 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 26, 1806 Analysis
out a hunting and 3 went with a canoe to the Clatsop and cathlemaks village to purchase fresh fish and wapa-toes &C.
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 26 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 26, 1806 Analysis
hunters went out, as our store of provisions was getting small, and three men went in search of these small fish, which…
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 27 1806
Clark: February 27, 1806 Analysis
Thursday February 27th 1806 Reubin Field returned this evening and had not killed anything, he reported that there were no Elk towards…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 27 1806
Lewis: February 27, 1806 Analysis
Thursday February 27th 1806. Reubin Fields returned this evening and had not killed anything. he reports that there are no Elk towards…
Meriwether Lewis · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 27 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: February 27, 1806 Analysis
out a hunting, in the afternoon one of our hunters returned had killed one Elk. willard verry sick the rest of us…
John Ordway · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025
Feb 28 1806
Clark: February 28, 1806 Analysis
Friday February 28th 1806 Reuben Field and Collins Set out this morning early on a hunting excurtion up the Netul. Kus ke-lar…
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
A dirt trail through a shaded forest of tall conifers and ferns, 2025

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