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Journal entry · October 12, 1804

Arikara villages near present-day Mobridge — Joseph Whitehouse: October 12, 1804

Joseph Whitehouse · Arikara villages near present-day Mobridge · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7

The place today: Arikara villages near present-day Mobridge

about 12 oclock we Set off. one of the natives went with
us, to go as far as the Mandans. we camped on the N. S.
of the River.

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left shore, near mouth Olson Creek, SD

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