Journal entry · December 25, 1805
William Clark: December 25, 1805
William Clark · Fort Clatsop, Oregon · Thwaites Vol. 3, pp. 291-293
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Fort Clatsop, OR
Christmas Wednesday 25th December 1805 at day light this morning we we[re] awoke by the discharge of the fire arm[s] of all our party & a Selute, Shouts and a Song which the whole party joined in under our windows, after which they retired to their rooms were chearfull all the morning, after brackfast we divided our Tobacco which amounted to 12 carrots one half of which we gave to the men of the party who used tobacco, and to those who doe not use it we make a present of a handkerchief. The Indians leave us in the evening all the party Snugly fixed in their huts. I reeved a pres[e]nt of Capt. L. of a fleece hosrie Shirt Draws and Socks, a pr. Mockersons of Whitehouse a Small Indian basket of Guterich, 2 Doz weasels tales of the Squar of Shabono. The diner to day consisted of pore Elk boiled, spoilt fish & some roots, a bad Christmass diner.
Source: Thwaites, Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1904–05). Public domain.
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Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 16 to December 31, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.1 mi
- Fort Clatsop (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.1 mi
- Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.7 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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