Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — Patrick Gass: November 11, 1805

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The place today: Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp

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.

Entities mentioned in this entry

Tribes & Nations:

Animals:

fish

Foods:

fish

Tools:

poles

Weather:

rain blowing

Cultural:

mats lodges blankets

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The NPS atlas for this night

right shore, Point Ellice; Camp Distress, WA

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of November 10 to November 11, 1805

NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp

Dismal Nitch (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 1.5 mi
Middle Village/Station Camp (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 2.1 mi
Knappton Cove Heritage Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.4 mi
Fort Columbia State Park (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.6 mi
Columbia River Maritime Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.5 mi

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