Journal entry · September 20, 1804
Lewis: September 20, 1804
Meriwether Lewis · Missouri River near Big Bend
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): bar left side, Great Bend, 1st camp, SD
Septr. 20th on the lard. shore at the commencement of the big bend
observed a clift of black porus rock which resembled Lava tho on a closer
examination I believe it to be calcarious and an imperfect species of the
French burrpreserved a specemine, it is a brownish white, or black
or yellowish brown-
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The NPS atlas for this night
bar left side, Great Bend, 1st camp, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 25.8 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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