Journal entry · January 27, 1806

Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: January 27, 1806

Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

the snow about 9 inches deep. Where the sun shone on it
during the day, a considerable quantity of it melted; but
these places were few, as the whole face of the country near
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 19s
this is closely covered with fir timber. In the afternoon a
hunter came in and informed us that the party he had been
with had killed 10 elks.

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