Missouri near Floyd’s Bluff and Council Bluffs — John Ordway: September 11, 1806
The party traveled smoothly down the river until about 11 a.m., when they paused for a short hunt. In the bottomland, they found pawpaws and grapes amid cottonwood, honey locust, and sycamore trees with thick rushes underneath. Drouillard shot a large deer, and after resuming travel another hunter killed a second deer from his canoe. At dusk the group made camp on a sand beach along the north side of the river.
and procd on verry well untill about 11 A. M. we then halted to
hunt a Short time, found pappaws and grapes in this bottom
which is covred with cotten Honey Locus Seckamore timber &C.
the rushes thick. Drewyer killed a large deer, we then procd on
one of the hunters killed a deer from his canoe, at dusk we
Camped on a Sand beach on the N. Side.
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We proceeded on very well until about 11 A.M. We then halted to hunt for a short time, and found pawpaws and grapes in this bottom, which is covered with cottonwood, honey locust, and sycamore timber, etc. The rushes were thick. Drewyer killed a large deer. We then proceeded on, and one of the hunters killed a deer from his canoe. At dusk we camped on a sand beach on the north side.
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