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Journal entry · April 16, 1805
Clark: April 16, 1805
William Clark · Missouri River near Little Missouri
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore, 34 mi E of Williston, ND
16th of April Tuesday 1805 Wind hard from the S. E I walked on Shore and
Killed an antilope which was verry meagre, Saw great numbers of Elk &
some buffalow & Deer, a verry large Beaver Cought this morning. Some
verry handsom high planes & extensive bottoms, the mineral appearances
of Coal & Salt together with Some appearance of Burnt hils continue. a
number of old hornets nests Seen in every bottom more perticularly in the
one opposit to the place we camped this nightthe wooded bottoms are
more extensive to day than Common. passed three Small Creeks on the S. S.
to day which take their rise in the hills at no great distance, Great
numbers of Gees in the river & in the Plains feeding on the Grass.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 34 mi E of Williston, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 17.0 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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