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Journal entry · May 16, 1805
Missouri River Breaks area — Joseph Whitehouse: May 16, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River Breaks area · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, 14 mi WNW Hell Creek, MT
a heavy diew last night a clear pleasant morning. we
opened the goods &c. in order to get them dry before we
packed them up. Some of the men wounded a large panther
in this bottom, as he was coverring up a deer which he had
killed not long before. about 12 oClock Sergt Ordway killed
a cabberree or antelope, a Specie of our goats. one of the
party killed another which was mired in the mud. about one
oC. we packed up our goods and loaded the officers perogue.
about 3 oClock P. M. we set off and proceeded on. _ passed
high broken hills & round knobs on each Side of the River and
narrow bottoms. passed a Small willow Island near the N.S.
we halted a fiew minutes at a bottom on N.S. and killed 2 buf-
faloe, 3 Deer and one buffaloe calf. Camped on the S.S. ata
bottom covered with timber. came 7 miles to day.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, 14 mi WNW Hell Creek, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 8.5 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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