Mouth of Kansas River — Joseph Whitehouse: June 27, 1804
The party halted at the mouth of the Kansas River, measuring its width at 230 yards, with the Missouri River about 400 yards across just beyond. The hunters had a successful day, killing five deer and one wolf, and capturing another wolf estimated to be about five months old. The young wolf was kept for three days before chewing through its rope and escaping back into the wild.
halted at the river de Caugh Meassur? the Breadth of it is
230^4; Y?” a little farder is four hundred D?
the hunters kill five deer one woolf and Catch? an other
about five Months old Kept it for three days Cut its Rope
Got away.
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Halted at the river de Caugh. Measured the breadth of it: 230 yards. A little farther it is four hundred yards.
The hunters killed five deer and one wolf, and caught another about five months old. Kept it for three days; it cut its rope and got away.
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