MtMan-List: L & C Food

["Bz" <kinbusar@earthlink.net>]

Greetings to All,
    Been lurking on the list for awhile and enjoyed all the knowledge so
freely shared.
    Have been rereading the Journals of Lewis and Clark (DeVoto) and the
same question keeps popping up.
    During the time they were on the coast and at Fort Clatsop they mention
many times the monatony of their diet of elk and salmon.
    Why did they not make use of the other sea food there?  I use to live
in that area and even today you can gather a pretty tasty meal off the
shore and bay. If no one else Lewis had to be familiar with sea food from
his time spent in D.C. and other east coast cities.
    Surely men of there proven ingenuity could have cobbled together a
couple of crab pots, or steamed a bushel or two of clams ect. Even without
the drawn butter and lemon it would have supplied a tasty break from their
boring diet.
     So what am I missing?
     Any information or opinions appreciated.
    Thanks
     Buzz