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Journal entry · May 12, 1805
Missouri River Breaks area — Joseph Whitehouse: May 12, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River Breaks area · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
The place today: Missouri River Breaks area
a clear pleasant warm morning. we Set off Soon after Sun
rise and proceeded on. passed the pitch pine hills on the
N. S. one of the hunters killed a deer in a bottom on the S. S.
Cap Clark killed a beaver in the River. passed a Small River
on the N.S. the wind rose high from the N. W._ we halted
about one oC. to dine on the S. S. opposite the lower point
of an Island covred with willows in the middle of the River.
the wind detained us the remainder of the day. Some men
went out hunting & killed Some Elk & Deer. Camped for
the night. had come [blank space in MS.] miles this day.
Squwls of rain this evening. &c.
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left shore, 22 mi SW Fort Peck, MT
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About 19.9 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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