Journal entry · June 30, 1804
Mouth of Kansas River — John Ordway: June 30, 1804
John Ordway · Mouth of Kansas River · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore, 2½ mi south of Weston, KA
a verry large woolf on the sand beach this morning at 10 miles
from or above the Kansis passed the mouth of a small River
called Petete platt R. or little Shole river2 this river is about
50 y’18 wide and has several Rapids & falls, well calculated for
mills, the Land on this River is said to be rooling. the men
killed 2 Deer Swimming the River. The hunters killed 7 Deer the
most of them were bucks, we broke our mast comming to Shore
against a Small Tree which hung over the River, came about 10
miles this day camped on the South Side of the Missouris.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 2½ mi south of Weston, KA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 9.0 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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