Journal entry · June 2, 1805
Missouri River near Marias River approach — Joseph Whitehouse: June 2, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River near Marias River approach · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
The place today: Missouri River near Marias River approach
a clear pleasant morning. we Set off as usal & proceeded
on. about 9 oC. Some of the hunters killed a buffalow and
an Elk. passed high bluffs on each Side, high plains, narrow
bottoms and Islands. passed a creek on the N. S. and one on
the S. Side about 12 oC. killed another Elk. about 1 oC.
we halted to dine at a bottom of timber on the N.S. Some
of the men killed another buffaloe. the wind high from the
N.W. clouded up. the current is not So Swift yesterday
& to day as it has been Some time past. we git along verry
well with the towing lines. a Small Sprinkling of rain. about
2 oC. we proceeded on passed Several Islands of cotton wood
bluffs & high land towards evening the hunters killed a yallow
bear in a bottom of cotton wood on S.S. we Came 18 miles
& Camped at a fork of the river. we could not determine
which was the Missourie. the hunters killed 6 Elk in all
to day. we Saw a high mountain to the west of us. one
hunter man Shot a large beaver this evening.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore of Missouri River opposite mouth of Marias River, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 16.8 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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