Journal entry · June 18, 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: June 18, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Great Falls of the Missouri · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
The place today: Great Falls Portage
a fine pleasant day. in the morning all hands halled out
the White perogue, in a thicked of bushes below the bank &
covered hir with bushes &c. & Secured hir Safe. 3 men Sent
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out a Short distance to a knob to dig a carsh or hole to depos-
ite Some of our baggage in, for we mean to leave all we can
‘Spare at this place. Some men at Sorting & repacking the
Indian Goods &c. about 12 oC. the 2 hunters came in had
killed 10 Deer but no Elk. in the evening we Saw Some
buffalow on the opposite Side of the River. Some of the
hunters went over and killed 2 of them. the low waggons
finished which are all made of wood, & of an ordinarry quality
though they may answer the purpose. the wind high from
the West.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Lower Portage Camp, Hower Coulee
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of June 16 to June 27, 1805
About 11.6 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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Great Falls Portage in 360°
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