At Fort Clatsop, all the cabins are completely covered and several of the enlisted men move into their quarters. The captains refuse offers made by Cuskala—a visiting Clatsop chief, and Pvt. Joseph Field gives each captain a writing slab.
Clark’s Writing Desk
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Resorting to Dried Salmon
our Store of Meat entirely Spoiled, we are obliged to make use of it as we have nothing else except a little pounded fish, the remains of what we purchased near the great falls of the Columbia, and which we have ever found to be a convenient resort, and a portable method of curing fish
—William Clark
Declining Cuskala’s Offers
as we had no files to part with, we each rturned the present which we had received, which displeased Cuscalah a little. he then offered a woman to each of us which we also declined axcepting of, which displeased the whole party verry much— the female part appeared to be highly disgusted at our refuseing to axcept of their favours &c.
—William Clark
The Captains’ Writing Desks
Jo Fields finish for Capt Lewis and my Self each a wide Slab hued to write on, I gave a handkerchief &c
—William Clark
Moving In
hard rain as usal. we finished covering our huts and made fires in them. Some of the men moved in them this evening—
—John Ordway
Weather Diary
Day of the Month Winds State of the Weather 24th S. W. rain rained last night and to day
—Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has spelled out some abbreviations.
Fort Clatsop is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site is managed by the Lewis and Clark National and State Historic Parks.
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- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
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