Journal entry · June 10, 1804
Missouri River near Jefferson City area — Joseph Whitehouse: June 10, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River near Jefferson City area · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
The place today: Missouri River near Jefferson City area
We got to the Charrotte River at 2 Oclock Waited the
Arrival of the hunters there Suffer? by the Musquitoes on
the N. E. Side The Bigg Charrottoe is 100 Y* at the mouth.
The little comus in to it at the Distance of 300 Y* apart
it? Brenth at the mouth is 50 Y* Broad Swem the horses
and ferried the men across had hard watter Camp‘ On the
Charrotte prarie Roe* 13 Miles.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore near mouth of Bear Creek, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of June 10 to June 11, 1804
About 9.4 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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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