Missouri River approaching Cannonball River — John Ordway: October 20, 1804
The party traveled along the river with hunters working both banks. They passed a 20-yard-wide creek on the north side, timbered bottomlands, and another creek on the south side opposite the lower point of an island. By evening they passed the first old Mandan village on the south side and observed buffalo swimming across the river. They camped at a stone coal bluff on the south side, where the hunters rejoined them with twelve deer, a goat, and a wolf; one hunter wounded a white bear.
hunters out hunting on each Side of the River, we passed a creek
on N. S. 20 yds wide, passed Bottoms covered with Timber on
Boath Sides of the River. passd a creek on S.S. opposite the lowei
point of an Island.4 towards evening we passed the Is* old village
of the Mandens on the S.S. (Saw Buffalow Swimming the River)
we Camped at a Stone coal Bluff on S. S.5 our hunters joined us.
Brought in the Game which they had killed this day which was 12
Deer one Goat & a woolf, one of the hunters wounded a White Bare.
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Hunters out hunting on each side of the river. We passed a creek on the north side, 20 yards wide, and passed bottoms covered with timber on both sides of the river. Passed a creek on the south side opposite the lower point of an island. Towards evening we passed the 1st old village of the Mandens (Mandans) on the south side (saw buffalo swimming the river). We camped at a stone coal bluff on the south side. Our hunters joined us. They brought in the game which they had killed this day, which was 12 deer, one goat, and a wolf. One of the hunters wounded a white bear.
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