Journal entry · August 25, 1804
Lewis: August 25, 1804
Meriwether Lewis · Spirit Mound, South Dakota
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, at camp of 24 Aug
August the 25th on our return from the mound of sperits saw the first bats
that we had observed since we began to ascend the Missouri
also saw on our return on the Creek that passes this mound about 2 M.
distant S. a bird of heron kind as large as the Cormorant short tale long
leggs of a colour on the back and wings deep copper brown with a shade of
red. we could not kill it therefore I can not describe it more
particularly.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, at camp of 24 Aug
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 5.7 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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