Spirit Mound, South Dakota — Joseph Whitehouse: August 26, 1804
The boat was delayed in the morning to butcher an elk Shannon had killed. Around 9 o'clock, a party returned exhausted and nearly out of water, reporting that the site they had visited—about nine miles from the Missouri—was a handsome round hill in a vast prairie with little to see but birds, though they spotted many buffalo from the hill. The expedition continued past a white clay bluff, found a large plum orchard, and camped on a sandbar opposite Petite Arc Creek, near a former Indian village.
the Boat detained this morning to Jurk an Elk which
Shannon killed, ab! g oClock the party returned to the Boat
much fatigued they informd us that their was nothing but
Birds to be Seen & that it is about nine miles from the
Missouri & a handsom round hill in a [im] mence large prarie.
they Saw a Great many Buffelow from the hill. they were all
most famished for water &c. we proceeded on passed a white
clay Bluff on S. S. we found a large plumb orched in a prarie
N.S. we Camped on a large Sand bar N. S. opposite a Creek
called pet arck [Petite Arc] or little Bow whare their was
formerly an Indian village.
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The boat was delayed this morning to jerk an elk which Shannon killed. About 9 o'clock the party returned to the boat much fatigued. They informed us that there was nothing but birds to be seen, and that it is about nine miles from the Missouri, a handsome round hill in an immense large prairie. They saw a great many buffalo from the hill. They were almost famished for water, etc.
We proceeded on, passed a white clay bluff on the south side. We found a large plum orchard in a prairie on the north side. We camped on a large sand bar on the north side, opposite a creek called pet arck (Petite Arc) or Little Bow, where there was formerly an Indian village.
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