Missouri River through Dakota territory — John Ordway: September 2, 1806
The expedition continued downriver, passing the mouth of the James River and spotting herds of elk. They gathered some quality pipe clay before strong headwinds forced them to halt around 11 a.m., delaying travel until evening. Hunters brought in two buffalo and two turkeys. Mosquitoes proved so bothersome that the party moved a short distance further down and made camp for the night on a sand beach.
procd on passed the mouth of River Jaque [James]. Saw gangs
of Elk got Some good pipe clay about 11 A. M. the wind rose
1 The camp was in southern Charles Mix County, S. Dak., a few miles above
the mouth of Chouteau Creek. Clark says it was on “no preserve Island,”
a little below the encampment of Sept. 5, 1804.
396 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [Sept. 3
so high a head that it detained us untill towards evening, the
hunters killed two buffaloe and 2 Turkeys The Musquetoes so
troublesome that we mooved down a short distance and Camped
on a sand beach for the night.
Read this entry in modern English AI-translated
Proceeded on, passed the mouth of River Jaque (James). Saw herds of elk and got some good pipe clay. About 11 A.M. the wind rose so high a head that it detained us until towards evening. The hunters killed two buffalo and 2 turkeys.
The mosquitoes were so troublesome that we moved down a short distance and camped on a sand beach for the night.
This modernization is AI-generated for accessibility. The original above is the authoritative version.
Entities mentioned in this entry
Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.
