Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 3, 1806
Heavy rain prevented the party from drying elk meat as planned, so they instead hauled in the carcass of a bear they had killed. Along the way, they came across a den containing three small bear cubs, though the mother bear was not present. The group returned to camp in the evening and stayed there for the night.
then to bring in the meat of the bear and dry that of the elk;
but it rained so hard we could not dry the meat; and there-
fore brought in the carcase of the bear. On our way we saw
3 small cubs in a den, but the old bear was not with them. In
the evening we returned to our camp, and remained there all
night.
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Then we went to bring in the meat of the bear and to dry the elk meat; but it rained so hard we could not dry the meat, and therefore we brought in the carcass of the bear. On our way we saw 3 small cubs in a den, but the old bear was not with them. In the evening we returned to our camp, and remained there all night.
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