Missouri River near Platte River mouth — John Ordway: July 13, 1804
The expedition passed the mouth of the Big Tarkio River at 10 PM the previous night and endured a violent one-hour storm from the north-northeast followed by a brief shower. Yesterday's latitude was recorded at 39° 55' 56". They traveled past level prairies beneath high hills rich with wild grapes and rye. Captain Clark and Drouillard each killed two goslings, and the men caught two flightless geese on a sandbar. With a favorable south wind, they covered about 20 miles and camped on a large sandbar opposite a prairie.
on passed the Mouth of the Big Tarkio River1 last night at
10 O’Clock a violent Storm from the N.N. E. which lasted for one
hour, a small Shower succeded the wind, the Latidude of yesterday
39° 55′ 56″ Long.2 passed a prarie level and beautiful below
some high hills, containing an amence Site of Grapes, wild Rye
&.C. Cap* Clark killed 2 Goslins, Drewyer 2 also, the wind
favourable from the South, the men Caught 2 Geese on a Sand
barr one an old one (the old Geese have pin feathers yet cannot
fly.) Since passing the Nodaway River the hills could only be seen
in a fiew places at a great Distance from the River on the North
Side of the Missouris. But on the South Side their is high Land. &
handsome praries the most of the way from the old Village of the
Kansas we camped on a large Sand bar in the m: of the River
opposite a high & extensive prarie, on the North Side (came about
20 miles today)
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We passed the mouth of the Big Tarkio River last night at 10 o'clock. A violent storm came from the N.N.E., which lasted for one hour, and a small shower followed the wind. The latitude from yesterday was 39° 55' 56" longitude. We passed a prairie, level and beautiful, below some high hills, containing an immense site of grapes, wild rye, etc. Capt. Clark killed 2 goslings, and Drewyer (Drouillard) killed 2 also. The wind was favorable from the south. The men caught 2 geese on a sandbar, one an old one (the old geese have pin feathers yet and cannot fly).
Since passing the Nodaway River, the hills could only be seen in a few places at a great distance from the river on the north side of the Missouri. But on the south side there is high land and handsome prairies most of the way from the old village of the Kansas. We camped on a large sandbar in the middle of the river, opposite a high and extensive prairie on the north side (came about 20 miles today).
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