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Journal entry · September 13, 1804
Missouri River near White River — John Ordway: September 13, 1804
John Ordway · Missouri River near White River · Thwaites Vol. Quaife 1916
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, 10 mi S of I-90 bridge, SD
passed high hills on N. S. & a Bottom prarie. Some part covered
with Timber [and] Grape vines covered with ripe grapes. pasd a
black Bluff on S. S. & Broken hills & a run of allum & copperass
water. Some Musquetoes, rainy. G. Drewyer caught 4 Beaver
in his Traps last night, myself Serg* Pryor & Shannon walked
on Shore S. S. in order to get some plumbs in a bottom prarie. we
found pleanty but they were not quite ripe. Shannon killed a
porcupine, we could not git to the Boat for a willow Island
which was between & Sand bars &. C. N. B. the Boat passd Sev-
eral Is*18 & camped on N. S. we Camped in a grove of cotton-
wood Timber. Eat one porcupine for Supper, the Musquetoes
Troubled us verry much. passd a range of black Bluffs on S. S.
&. c.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, 10 mi S of I-90 bridge, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 12.3 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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