Journal entry · February 11, 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 11, 1806
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION — 197
six men were sent to bring the sick men to the fort. At the
same time myself and two men went out to hunt, and re-
mained out to the 17th, during which time there was a great
deal of heavy rain, and the weather changeable and disagree-
able. — While we were out we killed 8 elk. During one of
the most disagreeable nights, myself and another lay out in
our shirts and overalls, with only one elk skin to defend us
from a violent night’s rain. We had started a gang of elk,
and in order to be light in the pursuit left our clothes where
the first was killed, and could not get back before dark. Our
shirts and overalls being all of leather made it the more disa-
greeable.
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Fort Clatsop, OR
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- 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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