Day-by-Day / December 11, 1805

December 11, 1805

Putting up huts

At the Fort Clatsop construction site on the present Lewis and Clark River, rains are constant as the men put up the huts. Several of the enlisted men are sick or injured.

Putting Up Huts

rained all the last night moderately we are all employed putting up huts or Cabins for our winters quarters . . . . The rained Continued moderately all day.
William Clark

Sick or Injured Men

Sergeant Pryor unwell from a dislocation of his Sholder, Gibson with the disentary, Jo. Fields with biles on his legs, & Werner with a Strained Knee.
—William Clark

Weather Diary

Day of the Month Winds State of the Weather
11th S W. rain

rained moderately all last night and to day
Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.

 

Notes

Notes
1 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.

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