Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 8, 1805
On a frosty morning, Captain Clark set out with five men toward the ocean, while Gass and eleven others went to retrieve elk meat being guarded by two men Captain Lewis had left behind. They traveled by canoe up a small river and a western branch, then continued overland to reach the meat, hauling two large loads back to the canoes and returning to camp. Rain began that evening. Distant mountains to the south showed some snow, while the camp area was densely timbered with spruce-pine, with rich shallow soil and many springs.
frost. Capt. Clarke with 5 men set out to go to the ocean,
and myself with 11 more to bring in the meat, which the two
men left by Captain Lewis were taking care of. We went up
the small river in our canoes about two miles, then up a branch
of it on the west side two miles, then by land about two miles
more, where we found the men and the meat, of which we all
carried two large loads to our canoes, and proceeded down to
camp. In the evening it began to rain again. The country
towards the south is mountainous at some distance off; and
there is some snow on the mountains. Near our camp, the
country is closely timbered with spruce-pine, the soil rich, but
not deep; and there are numerous springs of running water.
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Frost. Capt. Clarke (Capt. Clark) with 5 men set out to go to the ocean, and myself with 11 more to bring in the meat, which the two men left by Captain Lewis were taking care of. We went up the small river in our canoes about two miles, then up a branch of it on the west side two miles, then by land about two miles more, where we found the men and the meat, of which we all carried two large loads to our canoes, and proceeded down to camp. In the evening it began to rain again.
The country towards the south is mountainous at some distance off; and there is some snow on the mountains. Near our camp, the country is densely timbered with spruce-pine, the soil rich, but not deep; and there are numerous springs of running water.
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