Journal entry · May 20, 1804

St. Charles, Missouri — Joseph Whitehouse: May 20, 1804

Joseph Whitehouse · St. Charles, Missouri · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7

The place today: St. Charles, Missouri

Several of the party went to church, which the french call
Mass, and Sore [saw] their way of performing &c.

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