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Journal entry · June 13, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse: June 13, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Near Great Falls, MT — approaching the falls on the Missouri · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore Missouri River, SW of Fort Benton, MT
a beautiful pleasant morning. we Set out at an eairly hour
& proceeded on. passed the Mouth of a Small River on the
South Side about 50 yards wide & rapid current & of a
muddy coulour. I went over the River to See it. large bot-
toms of cotton timber for Some distance up. we named it
Snowey River, as we expect it comes from the Snowey Moun-
tain, to the South of us. passed verry high bluffs on each Side
Some Small bottoms of cotton timber we Saw abundance of
wild or choke cherries & a kind of yallow current, Such as I
never Saw before. the Goose berrys are now ripe & abound
in the River bottoms. we came 14 miles to day & Camped
on the South Side. I was taken verry Sick to day, & a violent
head ack. 2 deer & [word illegible] buffalow killed to day.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore Missouri River, SW of Fort Benton, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 14.6 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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