Missouri River near Vermillion area — John Ordway: August 22, 1804

verry Swift, the wind hard from the South, we proceeded on
round a bend & Sand bar N. S. the hills make to the River on
S. S. below the hills their is Some large Timber of cottonwood
Elm Maple &. C. Some oak & ceeder on the Bluffs, we halted
under the Bluffs & found different kinds of oar which has the
appearence of brass, copperas alum &. C. &. C. all of which has a
Sulphear Smell. Broken praries Back. The 2 men who had been
with the horses from the Mahars village, joined us below Sd
Bluffs, had killed 2 Deer 2 other men went on with the horses
hunting . G. Drewyer caught one Beaver last night, a small
creek comes in close above sd Bluffs which we call Roloje Cr.8
on S. S. we proceeded on under a fine Breeze from the South.
1 The Big Sioux rises in eastern South Dakota; it forms the boundary be-
tween Iowa and South Dakota from the northern boundary of the former
state to its moufh. The latter is only about four miles above the mouth of
Floyd Biver.
2 In Dakota County, Nebr., a few miles from the Dixon County line.
3 Modern Iowa Creek, in Dixon County. Nebr.
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passed a Red ceeder Bluff on the South Side & little above on
the Same Side we passed an Alum Stone clift about 50 feet high
& a great nomber of birds nests near the top of the clift. we
Sailed on to a prarie where we Camped on N. S.1 after Sailing
19 miles back of sd prarie is a large pond we see a great deal of
Elk Sign.