Journal entry · January 24, 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: January 24, 1806
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
several snow showers during the day. In the afternoon two
of our hunters and some of the natives came to the fort in an
Indian canoe with the meat of two deer and an elk they had
killed. The Indians were barefooted notwithstanding the
snow on the ground: and the evening was so bad we per-
mitted them to stay in the fort all night.
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Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of January 10 to January 31, 1806
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
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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