Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: January 24, 1806
Snow showers passed through during the day. In the afternoon, two of the expedition's hunters returned to the fort by Indian canoe, accompanied by some local Native people, bringing back the meat of two deer and an elk they had killed. The Indians were walking barefoot despite the snow on the ground. Because the evening weather turned bad, the captains allowed the visiting Indians to stay inside the fort overnight rather than sending them back out into the cold.
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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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 that we permitted them to stay in the fort all night.
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