Columbia estuary, storm-bound, vote on winter camp — Patrick Gass: November 12, 1805
Severe weather brought rain, hail, thunder, and lightning, prompting the party to relocate camp about an eighth of a mile away. They secured their canoes by weighting them with stones to keep them in place, but the rain persisted and the river stayed rough through the night. The next day, Wednesday the 13th, was again too rainy and rough to travel. Around 9 a.m., conditions calmed slightly, and three men took an Indian-made canoe—well-suited for rough swells—and set out for the sea shore point to look for white traders.
of rain, hail, thunder and lightning. We thought it best to
move our camp, and fixed our canoes and loaded them with
stone to keep them down. We went about the eighth of a
mile from this place, and fixed ourselves as well as we could,
and remained all night. The rain still continued, and the
river remained very rough.
W ednesday 13th. This was another disagreeable rainy day,
and we remained at camp being unable to get away. At 9
o’clock in the forenoon it became a little more calm than
usual; and 3 men took a canoe, which we got from the Indians
of a kind excellent for riding swells, and set out to go to the
point on the sea shore, to ascertain whether there were any
white people there or if they were gone.
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of rain, hail, thunder and lightning. We thought it best to move our camp, and we secured our canoes and loaded them with stones to keep them down. We went about an eighth of a mile from this place, and settled in as well as we could, and remained there all night. The rain still continued, and the river remained very rough.
Wednesday 13th. This was another disagreeable rainy day, and we remained at camp, being unable to get away. At 9 o'clock in the forenoon it became a little more calm than usual; and 3 men took a canoe, which we had gotten from the Indians (a kind excellent for riding swells), and set out to go to the point on the sea shore, to find out whether there were any white people there or if they were gone.
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