Journal Entry

Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: March 1, 1806

March 1, 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
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The party returned at night with several thousand small fish of the same kind recently obtained from the natives, along with some sturgeon. The entry also records the Indian names of two local rivers: the river explored the previous day is called Kil-hou-a-nak-kle, and the small river running past the expedition's winter quarters, Fort Clatsop, is called Ne-tul.

returned at night, and brought with them some thousands of
the same kind of small fish, we got from the natives a few
days ago, and also some sturgeon.
The Indian name for the river we were up yesterday is
Kil-hou-a-nak-kle, and that of the small river, which passes the
fort Ne-tul.

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They returned at night, and brought with them several thousand of the same kind of small fish that we got from the natives a few days ago, and also some sturgeon.

The Indian name for the river we were up yesterday is Kil-hou-a-nak-kle, and that of the small river which passes the fort is Ne-tul.

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