Journal entry · June 29, 1804
Mouth of Kansas River — John Ordway: June 29, 1804
John Ordway · Mouth of Kansas River · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
last night, the Captains engaged taking observations &C. a Court
martial1 held &.C. we set out from the Kansas River at half
past 4 O. Clock P.M. proceded on passed a small creek on the
South Side of the Missouris Swift waters one mile & half came
to hills on the South Side, proceded on passed Some Small
Islands, camped on the North Side of Missouris, excelent bottom
land the Rushes are so thick that it is verry troublesome to
walk through them.
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