Fort Clatsop, salt works established — Patrick Gass: January 5, 1806
Patrick Gass and a companion, traveling along the Pacific coast, encountered a creek they needed to cross. They built a raft, but it could only hold one person at a time. After the companion crossed, the raft became stranded mid-stream, leaving the men separated. Despite the cold, Gass stripped down, swam out to retrieve the raft, and ferried himself across. The pair then continued until they reached some Indian camps on the seashore, where heavy rain and wind convinced them to stop and stay the night.
rel and eat it; made a raft to cross the creek ; but when it was
tried we found it would carry only one person at a time; the
man with me was therefore sent over first, who thought he
could shove the raft across again; but when he attempted, it
only went half way: so that there was one of us on each side
and the raft in the middle. I however, notwithstanding the
cold, stript and swam to the raft, brought it over and then
crossed on it in safety; when we pursued our journey, and in
a short time came to some Indian camps on the seashore.
The rain and wind continued so violent that we agreed to stay
at these camps all night.
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and eat it; made a raft to cross the creek; but when it was tried we found it would carry only one person at a time. The man with me was therefore sent over first, who thought he could shove the raft back across again; but when he attempted it, the raft only went halfway. So there was one of us on each side and the raft in the middle. I however, notwithstanding the cold, stripped and swam to the raft, brought it over, and then crossed on it in safety. We then pursued our journey, and in a short time came to some Indian camps on the seashore.
The rain and wind continued so violent that we agreed to stay at these camps all night.
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