Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — Patrick Gass: November 11, 1805
Strong winds and rain kept the party from traveling, so they built large fires and tried to make camp as comfortable as possible. Lacking tents, they relied on blankets and mats obtained from local Indians, propped up on poles to fend off the rain. The bad weather persisted all day. By 4 p.m., the tide rose so high that the men had to abandon their lodges until it receded that evening. A few men walked about 40 perches upriver and caught 15 large fish.
blowing, so that we could not proceed; we therefore built
large fires and made our situation as comfortable as possible,
but still bad enough, as we have no tents, or covering to de-
fend us, except our blankets and some mats we got from the
Indians, which we put on poles to keep off the rain. It con-
tinued raining and blowing all day; and at 4 o’clock in the
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afternoon the tide was so high that we had to leave our lodges,
until it got lower in the evening. Some of the men went
about 40 perches up the river and caught 1§ fine large fish.
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blowing, so that we could not proceed; we therefore built large fires and made our situation as comfortable as possible, but still bad enough, as we have no tents or covering to defend us, except our blankets and some mats we got from the Indians, which we put on poles to keep off the rain. It continued raining and blowing all day; and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon the tide was so high that we had to leave our lodges, until it got lower in the evening. Some of the men went about 40 perches up the river and caught 15 fine large fish.
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