Making Salt

Proceed on to morrow & examine The other side if good hunting to winter there, as Salt is an objt. (Clark, from Moulton V.6, 84)

-William Clark, November 24th, 1805

Our officers conclude with the opinion of the party to cross the River and look out a place for winters quarter Some where as near the ocean as possable on the account of makeing Salt. (Ordway, from Moulton V.9, 256)

-John Ordway, November 24th, 1805

“Remains of the old Lewis and Clark Salt Cairn, or furnace, near Seaside, Oregon, in 1899. The late Silas B. Smith, a descendant of the Chief Comowool of Lewis an Clark, seated thereon.” (Wheeler:1904)

In the Evening our Officers had the whole party assembled in order to consult which place would be the best, for us to take up our Winter Quarters at. The greater part of our Men were of opinion; that it would be best, to cross the River, & if we should find game plenty, that it would be of an advantage to us, for to stay near the Sea shore, on account of making Salt, which we are nearly out of at this time, & in want of it in preserving our Provisions for the Winter, would be an object well worth our attention. (Whitehouse, from Moulton V.11, 398)

-Joseph Whitehouse, November 24th, 1805

Salt water I view as an evil in as much as it is not helthy. (Clark, from Moulton V.6, 84)

-William Clark, November 24th, 1805

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