Journal entry · December 31, 1805
Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: December 31, 1805
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, salt works established · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
the natives came to trade with Wapto roots and salmon: the
first party had gone off in the morning.
190 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
CHAP. XVII.
wreoespay ist fan. 1806. The year commenced with
a wet day; but the weather still continues warm; and
the ticks, flies and other insects are in abundance, which
appears to us very extraordinary at this season of the year,
in a latitude so far north. Two hunters went out this morn-
ing. We gave our fortification the name of Fort Clatsop.
In the evening our two hunters, that went out this morning,
returned and had killed two large elk about three miles from
the Fort.
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