Journal entry · March 26, 1806

Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River — Patrick Gass: March 26, 1806

Patrick Gass · Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

The place today: Departed Fort Clatsop, ascending Columbia River

wind, we continued our voyage. As we passed along I sawa
great many flowers full blown of different colours: and grass
and other herbage growing fast: I saw nettles two feet high
of this spring’s growth.

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left shore, west of Longview, OR

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