Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: January 31, 1806
A hunting party set out by canoe up a small river but turned back after about a mile when ice blocked their progress, returning to the fort. Meanwhile, one of the men stationed at the salt works had been out hunting and successfully killed an elk. He stopped by the fort to request help, asking for additional men to assist him in carrying the meat back to the salt-making camp.
went up the small river in a canoe to hunt; but after we had
gone a mile, we were stopped by the ice and had to return to
the fort. One of the men at the salt works had been out
hunting, and killed an elk; and called at the fort for men to
assist him in taking the meat to their camp.
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We went up the small river in a canoe to hunt; but after we had gone a mile, we were stopped by the ice and had to return to the fort. One of the men at the salt works had been out hunting, and killed an elk; and called at the fort for men to assist him in taking the meat to their camp.
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