Missouri River near Platte River mouth — Joseph Whitehouse: July 20, 1804

Got on our way at an Early hour Came up to the creek
call’ Crying water Breakfasted In the Mouth of it the
breanth there of is 20 Y* at the mouth On the W. S. Under
baldhill. at* one oCLock Came to a Large oPen preaarie
neare the River oPLate it [is] hie Land and Rich, and Some
groves of TimBer. a freash Bres of wind Come fare and we
SaLed we Came to [an] ILandcross under an[d] lest night
the hunt[ers] kiLed 2 deare Camp nere the Read Blufe
Road [rowed] 17 miLe.
Sartdaye 21
got on oer way at an [early hour] the wind Come fare we
Come 2 miLes and Eat oer Breakfast. the wind Seased BLo-
ing a reamark[{able] hiLL tow hundrered foot hie from the
warter Come to the River opLate at one oCLock this River
On the west Side of the Mesury a fine preare [two words
illegible] on the mouths of the PLate with Beries on a very
Strong Streame it Baks the Mussiry over hie warter & Land
on the West Side and [an] ILand.
* The wedth of the Great River Platt at its mouth across the
bars is about 34 of a mile, but further up we are told by a
Frenchman who lived 2 years up this River that it does not rise
4 feet, but Spreads 3 miles in some places. we passed a creek
called pappeo [papillion] R. praries are between the 2 Rivers.
we camped on the S.S. G. Drewye joined us with 4 Deer he
killed.
1 At this point begins handwriting No. 3, very difficult to decipher. It extends
only over two pages of MS., and comprises the entries for the rest of July 20, and part
of July zx. The transcription is partly conjectural. — Ep.
2 Here begins handwriting No. 1, which extends over three pages of MS., and
comprises the entries to July 28, inclusive. —Ep.
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