Milk river
Place · mentioned in 6 journal entries
Planning
Westward
Fort Clatsop
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
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Milk river (2)
Missouri River near Porcupine River — Patrick Gass: May 7, 1805
Patrick Gass · May 7, 1805 · Missouri River at the Milk River confluence
"handsome river on north side, 200 yards wide"
Lewis: May 8, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · May 8, 1805 · Missouri River at the Milk River confluence
"named for tea-and-milk colored water"
Clark: May 8, 1805
William Clark · May 8, 1805 · Missouri River at the Milk River confluence
"named today for whiteness of water"
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 4, 1806
Patrick Gass · Aug 4, 1806 · Missouri River near the Poplar River
"passed its mouth at five o'clock"
Lewis: August 7, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Aug 7, 1806 · Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion
"level plain country to N.E."
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 18, 1806 · Missouri River near Arrow Rock
"index reference"
