Journal entry · October 3, 1804
Missouri River near Cheyenne River — John Ordway: October 3, 1804
John Ordway · Missouri River near Cheyenne River · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
The place today: Missouri River near Cheyenne River
& 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 NPS atlas for this night
bar right side W of Gorman, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 12.1 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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