On this day in Lewis & Clark history...
The men begin raising their huts at what they would later name Fort Clatsop southwest of present Astoria, Oregon. Pryor has a dislocated shoulder, one man suffers from tumors, another has dysentery, and another has a strained knee.
From the journals...
December 11th Wednesday
Serjt. Pryor unwell from haveing his Sholder out of place
Wednesday 11th Decr. 1805.
we began raiseing one line of our huts.
Fort Clatsop
Wednesday Decemr 11th
the party continued on cutting logs, Pickets &ca.
We raised one line of our huts this day.
Fort Clatsop
