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Journal entry · September 12, 1804
Missouri River near White River — Joseph Whitehouse: September 12, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River near White River · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore, 9½ mi SW of Platte, SD
Clouday. R. Fields continued on with the horse. passed a
long range of black bluffs on the S. S. and an Island covered
with timber. that is all the wood that is to be Seen at this
place. all the country is hills and praries. at 12 oclock Cap!
Clark Newman and Serg’ Gass went a hunting. those in the
barge had a Great deal of trouble to Git along the Sand bars,
their was So many and the current So rapid that we did not
come more than 4 miles. Camped after dark on the S.
Side.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 9½ mi SW of Platte, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 4.4 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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