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Journal entry · October 20, 1804
Missouri River approaching Cannonball River — John Ordway: October 20, 1804
John Ordway · Missouri River approaching Cannonball River · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Missouri River approaching Cannonball River
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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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, mouth of Heart River (Bismarck), ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 11.6 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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- North Dakota Heritage Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 4.7 mi
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