Missouri River near Porcupine River — Joseph Whitehouse: May 1, 1805
A pleasant but cold morning saw the party set off at sunrise with an easterly wind, sailing at times past high bluffs and rounded knobs on the south side and timbered bottoms along both shores. The hills were lower and the country more pleasant than below, with more abundant timber. Around noon, high winds forced them to halt on the south bank, stranding one canoe with two men, including the writer, on the opposite shore overnight without blankets in bitter cold. Hunters killed a buffalo, deer, two beaver, and a goose. They traveled only 10 miles.
ee: pleasant morning but cold. we Set off at Sun
rise, the wind from the east. we Sailed Some. we
passed high bluffs and round knobs on the S.S. and
bottoms of timber on each Side of the River. the hills in
general are not so high as they have been below, the country
more pleasant, and the timber more pleanty. about 12 oClock
the wind rose So high that we were oblidged to halt in a bottom
of timber on the South Side. one cannoe lay on the opposite
Shore & could not cross. I and one more was in the cannoe
and ware obledged to lay out all night without any blanket. it
being verry cold I Suffered verry much. Some of the party
went out to hunt. they killed one buffaloe one Deer 2 beaver
and one Goose. the party camped opposite to where I lay all
night the man who was with me kill’ a Deer. (came only 10
miles to day)
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Pleasant morning but cold. We set off at sunrise, the wind from the east. We sailed some. We passed high bluffs and round knobs on the south side, and bottoms of timber on each side of the river. The hills in general are not so high as they have been below, the country more pleasant, and the timber more plentiful. About 12 o'clock the wind rose so high that we were obliged to halt in a bottom of timber on the south side. One canoe lay on the opposite shore and could not cross. I and one other man were in the canoe, and we were obliged to lie out all night without any blanket. It being very cold, I suffered very much. Some of the party went out to hunt. They killed one buffalo, one deer, two beaver, and one goose. The party camped opposite to where I lay all night. The man who was with me killed a deer. (Came only 10 miles today.)
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