Missouri River near Gasconade River — Charles Floyd: June 1, 1804

Charles Floyd · Missouri River near Gasconade River · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7

That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): island right side at mouth of Osage River, MO

Set out come one mile past one River on the N Side called
Big mudy River comes in opset the Louer pint of willow Island
the Land is of Good quallity as aney I ever saw but Low two
miles to Bear Creek on the South Side High Hill on the Loer
Side it is about 30 yardes in weth at the mouth the day Clear
wind from the west water strong Came 12 miles past several
Isl* encamped at [figure illegible] oclk at the mouth of the
Grann osoge River
Saterday Fune 22 1804
Lay By all this day for observations 4 men went out hunting
Killed 4 Deer the day was Clear wind from the South the
Land is of a Good quallity High hiles on the S. Side a good
Lick on the South S. Side it is about one mile and half from
the mouth of the Gran osoge Dow[n] the River a Butifull
pint Betwen the two Rivers hills in the pints in about a
mile Betwen the two the Second Bank is high at the mouth of
this River at the pint a Butifull Is* Jest Below the pint it
Lays in the midel of the Rivers our hunters Return how had
Ben with our horses 8 day and Say the country is as Good
as aney they ever saw armes inspected all in Good order
the missorea is 875 yardes wide osage River 397 yardes
wide we fell a nomber of trees at the pint for the porpas of
oberservations.