Journal entry · July 22, 1804
Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area — Joseph Whitehouse: July 22, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
The place today: Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area
CLEAR morning’ G. Drewyer & S! Peter [Crusatt]
ad Set out to go to the Zotoe & Paunie village 45 miles
to Invite them to come to our camp for Certian pur-
poses &c. we hoisted the american Collours on the Bank The
Latitude at this place is 41° 3% 19°34 North. one of the hunt-
ers killed 2 Deer to day.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, White Catfish Camp, NE
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of July 22 to July 26, 1804
About 3.9 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- White Catfish Camp (opens in a new tab) NPS High Potential Historic Site · 0.2 mi
- Fontenelle Forest Nature Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.5 mi
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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