Journal entry · December 4, 1805
Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 4, 1805
Patrick Gass · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
river was so rough, we could not set out with the canoes, and
six or seven men were sent to dress the elk that had been
killed and take care of the meat. The rain continued all day.
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