Missouri River near Cheyenne River — John Ordway: October 3, 1804
Strong northwest winds and cloudy skies, following overnight thunder and morning rain, delayed departure until after 7 a.m. The party traveled seven miles before the headwind forced a roughly three-hour halt around noon at a black bluff on the south side. After resuming, they advanced three more miles only to discover they had taken the wrong channel into shallow water. They made camp at high bluffs on the south side and spotted several Indians on the opposite north shore.
& blew hard from N. W. & continues to blow this morning. So
that it detained us untill past 7 oClock. Cloudy. Some Thun-
der last night, a little rain this morning, we Set out past
[seven] proceeded on 7 miles, the wind So hard a head that we
halted about noon at a black Bluff S. S. delayed about 3 hours
& proceeded on 3 miles found we had the rong channel, the
water Shallow, we Camped at high Bluffs on S. S.1 we Saw Sev-
eral Indians opposite on the N. S.
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The wind blew hard from the northwest and continues to blow this morning, so that it detained us until past 7 o'clock. Cloudy. Some thunder last night, a little rain this morning. We set out past seven and proceeded on 7 miles. The wind was so hard ahead that we halted about noon at a black bluff on the south side, delayed about 3 hours, and proceeded on 3 miles. We found we had taken the wrong channel, the water being shallow. We camped at high bluffs on the south side. We saw several Indians opposite on the north side.
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