Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — John Ordway: January 31, 1806
Sergeant Gass and six men launched a canoe to go hunting but encountered ice in the river and were forced to turn back. Later that evening, one of the hunters stationed at the salt-making camp returned with news that he had killed two elk. This was a notable success, marking the first elk taken by the salt makers in quite some time.
Gass and Six men set out a hunting took a canoe found Ice in the
River So that they turned back, in the evening one of the
hunters returned from the Salt Camps he had killed two Elk
which is the 1st that has been killed by the Salt makers a long
time.
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Gass and six men set out hunting and took a canoe, but found ice in the river, so they turned back. In the evening, one of the hunters returned from the salt camps. He had killed two elk, which is the first that has been killed by the salt makers in a long time.
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