Journal entry · July 13, 1804
Missouri River near Platte River mouth — Joseph Whitehouse: July 13, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River above St. Joseph · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): bar near right shore 3 mi south of Corning, MO, in KA (location uncertain, per NPS)
Got under way Early and Swim the horses across a Creek
Tarkia, for the hunters the wind Rose pass Several Islands
Is On Our labourd. Sail‘ 27 Miles. Camp* on the little
Sandy Isle Oppesite the Hurican[e] prarie.
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The NPS atlas for this night
bar near right shore 3 mi south of Corning, MO, in KA (location uncertain, per NPS)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 22.7 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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