Expedition place · January 6, 1806 – January 10, 1806
Ecola Creek, Tillamook Head, Oregon
15 journal entries · 5 analyses · Recorded by William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, John Ordway, Patrick Gass
NPS High Potential Historic Site: Ecola Creek/Cannon Beach (opens in a new tab)
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Ecola Creek, Tillamook Head, Oregon in 360°
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The journal entries written here
January 1806
Jan 6
William Clark: January 6, 1806
William Clark
“Monday 6th of January 1806. The last evening Shabono and his Indian woman was very impatient to be permitted to go with…”
Jan 7
Lewis: January 7, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Monday January 7th 1806. Last evening Drewyer visited his traps and caught a beaver and an otter; the beaver was large and…”
Jan 7
Clark’s party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head — John Ordway: January 7, 1806
John Ordway
“went out to his traps ab1 3 m,s and found in them one large beau- tiful black otter and a beaver, he…”
Jan 7
Clark: January 7, 1806
William Clark
“Jany 7th Tuesday 1806 Set out at Day light, porceded up the Creek about 2 mile and crossed on a tree trunk…”
Jan 7
Clark’s party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head — Patrick Gass: January 7, 1806
Patrick Gass
“Clarke with 14 men came to the salt-makers camp, in their way to the place where the large fish had been driven…”
Jan 8
Lewis: January 8, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Tuesday January 8th 1806. Our meat is begining to become scarse; sent Drewyer and Collins to hunt this morning. the guard duty…”
Jan 8
Clark: January 8, 1806
William Clark
“Jany 8 Wedned Set out at Day a fine morning wind hard from S. E at 11/2 miles arived at a Open…”
Jan 8
Clark’s party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head — John Ordway: January 8, 1806
John Ordway
“went out from the fort a hunting. 1 The hunters, Potts, Collins, and Reuben Fields, had been out since Decem- ber 28.…”
Jan 9
Clark: January 9, 1806
William Clark
“January 9th Thursday 1806 a fine morning wind N E Set out at day lighte every man Some meat of the whale…”
Jan 9
Clark’s party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head — John Ordway: January 9, 1806
John Ordway
“but cleared off pleasant this morning, and continues warm.”
Jan 9
Lewis: January 9, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Friday January 9th 1806. Our men are now very much engaged in dressing Elk and Deer skins for mockersons and cloathing. the…”
Jan 10
Clark: January 10, 1806
William Clark
“Jany 10 Friday 1806 I left Sergt. Gass here and Set out at Sun rise, Crossed the little river which I waded…”
Jan 10
Clark’s party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head — Patrick Gass: January 10, 1806
Patrick Gass
“and his party started, and I remained at this camp to wait the return of the man who had come with me…”
Jan 10
Lewis: January 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis
“Saturday January 10th 1806. About 10 A.M. I was visited by Tia Shah-har-war-cap and eleven of his nation in one large canoe;…”
Jan 10
Clark’s party to see beached whale at Tillamook Head — John Ordway: January 10, 1806
John Ordway
“the 2 hunters returned had killed one Elk. towards evening 12 Savages came to the fort with wapatoes roots to trade, we…”
Nights the Corps camped here
- Jan 7, 1806 West Canyon Creek, Ecola State Park, OR (Clark’s party) Entries for Jan 7, 1806
- Jan 8, 1806 Cannon Beach; east coast Pacific, OR (Clark’s party) Entries for Jan 8, 1806
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino; Harlan where he is the only source). Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
Analyses set at this place
January 6, 1806 Weather, Whale, and the Salt Camp: Two Journals on a Pivotal Day
January 7, 1806 Four Pens, Two Errands: The Whale Road and the Beaver Bait
January 8, 1806 The Whale at Tillamook Head: Three Vantage Points on a Single January Day
January 9, 1806 Three Pens at Tillamook Head: Ethnography, Exhaustion, and a Whale
January 10, 1806 Four Pens, One Whale: Reporting the Tillamook Skeleton
