Journal entry · March 24, 1806
Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — Patrick Gass: March 24, 1806
Patrick Gass · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River
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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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore Columbia, 2 mi NE Brownsmead, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River in 360°
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