Missouri River near Jefferson City area — John Ordway: June 15, 1804
The party traveled past high land on the south side of the river and passed Indian Creek. They stopped at noon to eat and for Captain Lewis to take a meridian altitude observation. They camped on the north side of the river, opposite beautiful high prairies on the south side, which Ordway called the most pleasant place he had ever seen. Five islands and many sandbars dotted the river here, and the current ran extremely rapid all day. The prairie was known as village Lapero, a former Indian town.
passed high Land on South Side of the River we passed Indian
Creek little above we stopped at 12 O.C. to eat dinner & for
Cap1 Lewis to take the Meridian altitude &C. We camped on
the N. Side of this R. their is Beautiful high Good praries on
the South Side pleasantest place I have ever Seen, their is five
Islands & a nomber of Sand bars in the River about this place,
and the Current is exceedingly Rapid all this day. the afore-
said prarie is called village Lapero,3 formerly Ind Town
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We passed high land on the south side of the river. We passed Indian Creek a little above. We stopped at 12 o'clock to eat dinner and for Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) to take the meridian altitude, etc. We camped on the north side of this river.
There are beautiful, high, good prairies on the south side—the pleasantest place I have ever seen. There are five islands and a number of sandbars in the river about this place, and the current is exceedingly rapid all this day. The aforesaid prairie is called Village Lapero, formerly an Indian town.
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