Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — Patrick Gass: November 20, 1805

remained at our camp; and Capt. Lewis gave one of them a
medal, as he ranked as a chief in the nation. One of the men
went out to hunt in the morning, and in a short time killed 2
deer. This day continued clear and pleasant throughout. At
4.0’clock in the afternoon Capt. Clarke and his party returned
to camp, and had killed a deer and some brants. They had
been about 10 miles north of the cape, and found the country
along the seashore level, with spruce-pine timber, and some
prairies and ponds of water. They killed a remarkably large
buzzard, of a species different from any I had seen. It was
g feet across the wings, and 3 feet 10 inches from the bill to
the tail. They found some pumice stones, which had been
thrown out by the waves, of a quality superior to those on the
Missouri; also a number of shells of different kinds.