Journal entry · January 20, 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: January 20, 1806
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
again came to see us, whom we suffered, contrary to our usual
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practice, to remain in the fort all night; the evening was so
wet and stormy. It also rained on the 21st and 22nd. Our
hunters killed three elk. On my way with a party to bring in
the meat of these, I saw some amazingly large trees of the fir
kind: they are from 12 to 15 feet in diameter.
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