Missouri River near Osage River — Joseph Whitehouse: June 7, 1804
Captain Lewis and the hunters traveled two miles to a buffalo lick up the Manitou River on the northeast side of the Missouri, where they observed a salt spring but found no buffalo. The area featured timbered country with rich bottomlands and thick underbrush. The party killed three rattlesnakes of different kinds near a large rock by the river. After traveling ten miles, they camped at the mouth of Good Woman Creek, where hunter George Drouillard met them with three bears—an old female and her two cubs.
the hunters and Cap! Lewis went out to a bufFaloe lick two
miles. Saw this Salt Spring, but no bufFaloe. on N. E. Side
of the Missourie up the Monetuie [Manitou] river in a
timbred country, fine bottoms along each Side of the River,
underbrush thick.^ Kill? 3 Rattel Snakes of Different Sorts
at a large rock Close by the latter river after roe”! 10 miles
Camp? at the Mouth of Creek nam? The Good woman N. E.
Side of the Missurie Our daily hunters met us there with
three Bears, One Old famel & her two Cubbs brought By
G. Drewyer
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The hunters and Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis) went out to a buffalo lick two miles away. They saw the Salt Spring, but no buffalo. On the N.E. side of the Missourie (Missouri), up the Monetuie [Manitou] river, is a timbered country, with fine bottoms along each side of the river, and thick underbrush. Killed 3 rattlesnakes of different sorts at a large rock close by the latter river. After rowing 10 miles, we camped at the mouth of a creek named The Good Woman, on the N.E. side of the Missurie (Missouri). Our daily hunters met us there with three bears, one old female and her two cubs, brought by G. Drewyer (Drouillard).
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