Building and occupying Fort Clatsop — Patrick Gass: December 9, 1805

Patrick Gass · Building and occupying Fort Clatsop · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters

jeant and 8 men were sent to bring in the remainder of the
meat we left yesterday; some were employed in making our
camp comfortable, and others in clearing a place for huts and
a small fort. In the evening some of the natives came to our
camp, the first we have seen for some days. It continued
cloudy and wet all day.

Entities mentioned in this entry

People:

jeant

Tribes & Nations:

Places:

Foods:

meat

Weather:

cloudy wet

Cultural:

huts

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Fort Clatsop, OR

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of December 8 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

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