Having ceased operations at the salt works at present Seaside, Oregon, all the salt makers return to Fort Clatsop with Sgt. Ordway‘s detachment. Lewis gives Pvts. Willard and Bratton a dose of Scot’s Pills and describes the Oregon bobcat and fisher.
The Salt Makers Finish the Job
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Small Keg
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All Salt Makers Return
Sergt. Ordway returned with the party from the salt camp which we have now evacuated. they brought with them the salt and eutensils. our stock of salt is now about 20 Gallons; 12 gallons of which we secured in 2 small iron bound kegs and laid by for our voyage.
—Meriwether Lewis
Medicine for the Sick
gave Willard and bratton each a doze of Scotts pills; on the former they operated and on the latter they did not. Gibson still continues the barks three times a day and is on the recovery fast.—
—Meriwether Lewis
Oregon Bobcat
The tyger Cat is found on the borders of the plains and in the woody country lying along the Pacific Ocean. this animal is about the size or reather larger than the wild cat of our country and is much the same in form, agility and ferosity.
—Meriwether Lewis
Fisher Escapes
Drewyer saw a fisher black fox but it escaped from him among the fallen timber . . . . they are extreemly active strong and prepared for climbing, which they do with great agility, and bound from tree to tree in pursuit of the squirrel or Rackoon their natural and most usual food.
—Meriwether Lewis
Weather Diary
aspect of the weather at rise
Wind at aspect of the weather at 4 OC1 P.M. Wind at 4 O’Clock P.M. rain after clouds & rain S W rain after clouds & rain S. W the wind continues high this morning & untill evening.
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of ye Month” column and spelled out some abbreviations.
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Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “Day of ye Month” column and spelled out some abbreviations. |
