Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — Patrick Gass: March 24, 1806
After overnight rain, men retrieved the meat of two elk shot earlier and brought it to camp. The morning turned fair, and following breakfast the party embarked, though Gass's canoe was left aground by the tide. The hunters went ahead in a small canoe while Gass waited about two hours for the tide to rise. He then followed roughly 12 miles to a Cathlamet village where the others had halted. The group continued together and camped that evening at an abandoned village.
rain If men went out and brought the meat of the two elk to
our camp. The morning was fair and after breakfast they all
embarked, except the men belonging to my canoe which the
tide had left aground.
The hunters went on in the small canoe ahead, and I had
to wait for the rising of the tide. In about two hours I was
able to follow the other canoes, and proceeded on about 12
miles to a village of the Cath-la-mas where the rest of the
party had halted. When I arrived we all proceeded on again,
and in the evening encamped at an old village, which had
been vacated.
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Rain. If men went out and brought the meat of the two elk to our camp. The morning was fair, and after breakfast they all embarked, except the men belonging to my canoe, which the tide had left aground.
The hunters went on ahead in the small canoe, and I had to wait for the rising of the tide. In about two hours I was able to follow the other canoes, and proceeded on about 12 miles to a village of the Cath-la-mas, where the rest of the party had halted. When I arrived, we all proceeded on again, and in the evening camped at an old village which had been abandoned.
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