Fort Clatsop, Astoria, OR On the present-day Lewis and Clark River, rains are constant as the men put up huts for their winter quarters. Several men are sick or injured.
Fort Clatsop Reconstruction
© 11 November 2008 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Taken with cooperation from Lewis and Clark National Historic Park, Fort Clatsop.
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.
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.
Notes
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