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Journal entry · September 10, 1804

Prairie dog village near present-day Chamberlain — Joseph Whitehouse: September 10, 1804

Joseph Whitehouse · Prairie dog village near present-day Chamberlain · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7

That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): Mud (Pocahontas) Island, SD

a foggy morning. we Set off eairly proceeded on. we Saw
a ruck of Bones on the Bank S. S. which appeared to be the
Bones of a monstrous large fish the Back Bone is 45 feet long.
the hunters killed three Buffalow & a Deer.

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Mud (Pocahontas) Island, SD

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)

About 22.0 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)

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