Little Missouri

Place · mentioned in 9 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
AI-extracted reference. Each entry below was identified by AI as mentioning Little Missouri. Spelling variants may not be merged. see related variants →
Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
16 mentions via 1 variant: Missouri (16)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 12, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jan 12, 1805 · Fort Mandan (winter)
"small river entering on south side"
Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 23, 1805
Patrick Gass · Jan 23, 1805 · Fort Mandan (winter)
"186 miles from Jaune mouth"
Departure from Fort Mandan, Missouri River — Patrick Gass: April 12, 1805
Patrick Gass · Apr 12, 1805 · Departure from Fort Mandan, Missouri River
"reached mouth on south side"
Lewis: April 12, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 12, 1805 · Departure from Fort Mandan, Missouri River
"reached mouth, encamped for celestial observation"
Missouri River near Little Missouri — John Ordway: April 13, 1805
John Ordway · Apr 13, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"mouth located in McLean County"
Clark: April 13, 1805
William Clark · Apr 13, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"river mouth referenced for width comparison"
Lewis: April 13, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 13, 1805 · Missouri River near Little Missouri
"river entrance, 200 yards wide"
Yellowstone-Missouri confluence — Patrick Gass: April 26, 1805
Patrick Gass · Apr 26, 1805 · Yellowstone-Missouri confluence
"186 miles from its mouth"
Down Missouri, approaching Mandan villages — Patrick Gass: August 13, 1806
Patrick Gass · Aug 13, 1806 · Down Missouri, approaching Mandan villages
"passed about nine o'clock in morning"

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