Council Bluffs, Iowa (first council site) — Joseph Whitehouse: July 31, 1804
The expedition rowed about four and a half miles before halting around eight o'clock to make camp on the west side of the river, in a wooded area close to a high bank rising nearly 100 feet above the water's surface. They stopped at this location to wait for La Liberté and the Oto Indians, with whom they intended to form a treaty. One member of the party, identified as No. 2, walked along the bank.
wait for lebarty & the Zottoe Indians to form A Treaty with
them Come toa place of Incamp! About Eigh[t] Oclock On
the W. S. in a piece of woods Cloase to a high Bank whare
N° 2 walk? On; from Surface of the water it is neerly 100
feet in hight. Roe’ 4 Miles & halte* there.
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We waited for Liberté and the Otoe Indians to form a treaty with them. We came to a place of encampment about eight o'clock on the west side, in a piece of woods close to a high bank where No. 2 walked on. From the surface of the water it is nearly 100 feet in height. Rowed 4 miles and halted there.
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