Journal entry · December 21, 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 21, 1805
Patrick Gass · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
and had a fine morning. At 10, we came to the lodges of
some of the natives, and halted with them about 2 hours.
Here we got some bread, made of a small white root, which
grows in this part of the country. We saw among them
some small robes made of the skins of grey squirrels, some
racoon skins, and acorns, which are signs of a timbered coun-
try not far distant. Having proceeded on again, we passed
several more lodges of Indians ; and through two very rocky
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rapid parts of the river with great difficulty. We went 32
miles and encamped at some Indian lodges, where we pro-
cured wood from the natives to cook with.
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Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 16 to December 31, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.1 mi
- Fort Clatsop (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.1 mi
- Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.7 mi
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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