Journal entry · September 5, 1804
Missouri River near Niobrara River — Joseph Whitehouse: September 5, 1804
Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River near Niobrara River · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
The place today: Missouri River near Niobrara River
we took a ceeder mast on board Some hunters out we
Sailed on passed Goat creek on N. S. where the Beaver had
made a damm across the mouth of it. we passed handsome
Minneral Springs on the N.S. the hunters killed 2 Elk & a
Deer.
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The NPS atlas for this night
point of island 9 mi SE of Greenwood, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 13.8 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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Missouri River near Niobrara River in 360°
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