Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area — Joseph Whitehouse: July 28, 1804
On a cloudy morning with strong northeasterly winds, the expedition set out early and traveled past a high bottom prairie on the north side, with timbered ridges and steep hills coming close to the river. They passed Round Knob Creek and a hundred-foot bluff or butte. The barge struck a sandbar on the starboard side. Drouillard rejoined the party at 11 a.m. with one deer, and the hunters returned bringing an Indian with them. They rowed ten miles and camped on the north side at the foot of Bluff Island.
cloudy morning. we Set out eairly proceded on past a high
Bottom prarie on N.S. Some Timber on the Ridge back of
those praries above the Bottom prarie the hills make in close
to the River verry high & Steep. we pass’ the mouth of a
Small Creek on N.S. named Round Knob Creek. the wind
Blew hard from the N. E.G. Drewyer joined us at 11 oC with
one Deer. ‘we Came to a hi CLift or Buut [Butte] one hun-
[dred] feet the Barge Struck a Sand Bare on the Side of the
River on the StarBord S. inCampe on the north Side of the
[river] at the foot of a iLand Cald the BLuf iLand we
Rowed 10 MiLes that day. the hunterers Comin and Brought
one indian with them.
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Cloudy morning. We set out early and proceeded on past a high bottom prairie on the north side. There was some timber on the ridge back of those prairies. Above the bottom prairie, the hills come in close to the river, very high and steep. We passed the mouth of a small creek on the north side, named Round Knob Creek. The wind blew hard from the northeast. G. Drewyer (Drouillard) joined us at 11 o'clock with one deer.
We came to a high cliff or butte one hundred feet high. The barge struck a sandbar on the side of the river on the starboard side. We camped on the north side of the river at the foot of an island called the Bluff Island. We rowed 10 miles that day. The hunters came in and brought one Indian with them.
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