Journal entry · September 6, 1804

Missouri River near Niobrara River — Joseph Whitehouse: September 6, 1804

Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River near Niobrara River · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7

The place today: Missouri River near Niobrara River

a cloudy morning Several hunters out hunting. colter
joined us had not found Shannon. the hunters killed 1 Buf-
falow one Elk 3 Deer one woolf 1 Deer & four Turkies.
camped on N. S.

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left shore, 2½ mi SE of Greenwood, SD

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)

About 7.8 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)

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Randall Dam to Running Water · 837 panoramas on this trail · 24 journal entries written here Nearest capture is 4.0 mi from the tagged location.

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