Journal entry · November 23, 1805
Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia — Patrick Gass: November 23, 1805
Patrick Gass · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
more calm. Some of the men went out to hunt and some to
mend the canoe which had been split in the storm yesterday.
The natives still stay with us, and have a few roots and berries
to subsist on at present; but I cannot conjecture how they
live during the winter. They have no mockasons or leggins
of any kind; and scarce any other covering than the small
robes which were mentioned before.
In the afternoon 10 of the Clat-sop nation, that live on the
180 GASS’S JOUKNAL OF THE
south side of the river came over to our camp. These are
also naked, except the small robes which hardly cover their
shoulders. One of these men had the reddest hair I ever saw,
and a fair skin much freckled. In the evening our hunters
came in, and had killed 3 deer, 8 brants and 12 ducks. —In
the evening the weather cleared and we had a fine night.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Station Camp, 1 mi SE of Chinook Point, WA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of November 20 to November 24, 1805
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Middle Village/Station Camp (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.0 mi
- Fort Columbia State Park (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.7 mi
- Dismal Nitch (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 3.4 mi
- Fort Stevens State Park Museum (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.8 mi
- Knappton Cove Heritage Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.2 mi
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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