Journal entry · July 28, 1804
Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area — Joseph Whitehouse: July 28, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore near I-680 bridge, IA
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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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore near I-680 bridge, IA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 10.3 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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Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area in 360°
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