Journal entry · August 27, 1804

Lewis: August 27, 1804

Meriwether Lewis · Spirit Mound, South Dakota

That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): left shore, 4 mi E of Yankton, SD

Monday August 27th On the Stard. shore, opposite to the lower point, or
commencement of the white Calk Bluff-

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The NPS atlas for this night

left shore, 4 mi E of Yankton, SD

NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)

About 14.2 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)

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Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.

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