Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: February 28, 1806
The day began cloudy, but turned mostly fair and pleasant. A sergeant and six men were sent out in the morning to retrieve meat from a previous hunt and returned around midday. In the evening, three hunters came back to the fort reporting they had killed five elk. The party continued its routine of hunting and hauling provisions to support the wintering camp, with game being taken at increasing distances from their post.
cloudy. A serjeant and six men went out to bring in the
meat, and returned about noon. The greater part of this
day was fair and pleasant; and in the evening three hunters
came in, and had killed five elk.
200 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
CHAP. XVIII.
ATURDAY st March, 1806. We had a cloudy wet morn-
S ing. I set out with 8 men and 4 hunters to bring the
meat of the elk that had been killed, which was at a greater
distance from the fort than any we had yet brought in.
There is a large river that flows into the southeast part of
Hailey’s Bay ; upon which about 20 miles from its mouth, our
hunters discovered falls, which had about 60 feet of a perpen-
dicular pitch.
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Cloudy. A sergeant and six men went out to bring in the meat, and returned about noon. The greater part of this day was fair and pleasant; and in the evening three hunters came in, having killed five elk.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Saturday, 1st March, 1806. We had a cloudy, wet morning. I set out with 8 men and 4 hunters to bring in the meat of the elk that had been killed, which was at a greater distance from the fort than any we had yet brought in. There is a large river that flows into the southeast part of Hailey's Bay; upon which, about 20 miles from its mouth, our hunters discovered falls, which had about a 60-foot perpendicular drop.
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