Missouri River near Cheyenne River — Joseph Whitehouse: October 3, 1804
The party faced a cloudy morning with some rain and got underway at 7:15 a.m. By noon, strong winds blowing down the river forced them to halt for several hours. They resumed travel at 3 p.m., passing a long stretch of dark-colored bluffs on the south side and timbered bottomland on the north side. The group made camp on the south side of the river that evening.
a cloudy morning, and Some rain We Set off at 1% past
7 oClock, proceeded on at 12 oClock the wind blew So hard
down the river that we Delayed untill 3 oC. then proceeded
on passed a long range of dark couloured bluffs on S. S. bot-
tom & Some timber on the N.S. Camped on the South Side.
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A cloudy morning, with some rain. We set off at half past 7 o'clock and proceeded on. At 12 o'clock the wind blew so hard down the river that we delayed until 3 o'clock, then proceeded on. Passed a long range of dark colored bluffs on the south side, bottom and some timber on the north side. Camped on the south side.
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