Journal entry · June 21, 1804

Missouri River near Boonville area — John Ordway: June 21, 1804

John Ordway · Missouri River near Boonville area · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916

on the south side called peulaw or Eue bow Creek4 the land
high on South, on the N. fine Rich Bottom. I went on Shore
with Drewyer all day & I never Saw as fine Timbered land in my
life nor Such Rich handsome bottom land, Drewyer killed one
Deer & him & me brought it to the River, one Turkey likewise,
we encamped on the South Side of the River, low land on S. Side
high land on the N. Side.

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