Journal entry · September 29, 1804
Missouri River near Cheyenne River — Joseph Whitehouse: September 29, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River near Cheyenne River · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
The place today: Missouri River near Cheyenne River
we Set off eairly. proceeded on passed bluffs on S. S. Saw
Several Indians on Shore i or 2 of the brave men as they called
themselves, wanted Some tobacco, the Officers gave them
2 carrits of tobacco but told them that we Should not Stop
untill we Got to the RickRee I. Nations, passed an old vil-
lage on S. S. where the RickaRees had lived 5 years ago, had
raised corn beans [illegible word] Camped on a Sand beach
on the S. Side.
VOL. VII.- 5 [5^]
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The NPS atlas for this night
bar mid-river, 14 mi NW of Pierre, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 12.6 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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