Journal entry · March 9, 1806
Fort Clatsop, winter quarters — Patrick Gass: March 9, 1806
Patrick Gass · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
There were some light showers of snow this forenoon, but
during the greater part of it the sun shone clear and warm.
In the afternoon some of the natives came to visit us, and
brought some of the small fish, which they call Ulken. Two
hunters came in in the evening, but had not killed any
thing. The men sent to fish are still absent, owing perhaps
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to the high swells in the bay. The Indians remained in the
fort all night.
On the roth we had changeable weather with snow show-
ers. At noon two more hunters went out.
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Fort Clatsop, OR
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of March 1 to March 22, 1806
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park Visitor Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.1 mi
- Fort Clatsop (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · National Register · 0.1 mi
- Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.7 mi
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