Journal entry · September 10, 1806
Missouri near Floyd’s Bluff and Council Bluffs — John Ordway: September 10, 1806
John Ordway · Missouri River near St. Joseph area · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): bar, 7 mi SW of Mound City, MO
& procd on verry well one of the hunters killed a rackoon Saw
1 Auguste Chouteau.
2 This was the first spirituous liquor tasted by any of the party since July 4,
1805.
3 About two miles, according to Clark, below the camp of Aug. 4, 1804.
4 Today’s camp was on the site of the encampment of July 22-26, 1804.
« “imediately opposit our encampment of 16th and 17th of July 1804.”
Clark. The camp was therefore in southeastern Otoe County, Nebr., just
below the southern boundary of Iowa, on the Nebraska side of the river.
398 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [Sept. 11
a number of Turkeys about 3 P. M. we met four frenchmen with
a canoe loaded with goods going up trading, they gave us a
dram we then procd on untill evening and Camped on an Island.1
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The NPS atlas for this night
bar, 7 mi SW of Mound City, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Big Lake State Park (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 0.4 mi
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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