Missouri River near Leavenworth area — John Ordway: July 3, 1804
Under a gentle southern breeze, the party passed a long island and several smaller ones along the Missouri River. They found a stray white horse on the bank near the ruins of an old trading post once built by a French merchant from St. Louis for trade with the Kansas Indians. The surrounding land featured rich high bottoms with pine, black walnut, honey locust, oak, and buckeye trees bearing nuts. After passing a high prairie opposite the old trading house, they camped at a point on the south side of the river.
a gentle Breese from the South, passed a long Island2 & Several
Small ones we found a white horse on the bank of the river near
whare their was an old Trading house built by a French merchant
from S* Louis to Trade with the Kansas Indians. The land is
Good high bottom pine Timber & black wallnut honey locas oak
&C. &C. I saw waat they call bucks Eye with the nuts on them
we passed a high prarie oposite to the Trading house & camped at
a point on the South Side of the Missouris
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A gentle breeze from the south. We passed a long island and several small ones. We found a white horse on the bank of the river near where there was an old trading house built by a French merchant from St. Louis to trade with the Kansas Indians.
The land is good high bottom, with pine timber, black walnut, honey locust, oak, etc., etc. I saw what they call buckeye with the nuts on them. We passed a high prairie opposite the trading house and camped at a point on the south side of the Missouri.
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