Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 14, 1805
As the party set out in the morning, a black dog—likely left behind by a band of Assiniboins recently camped nearby—joined them. They passed a hill shaped like a haystack with a chalk-white top, noting that the hills here were higher than downriver while the bottomlands looked similar. In the afternoon they passed a creek named for their interpreter Charbonneau, who had previously traveled this far up the Missouri, marking the farthest point reached by any known white man. They made 16 miles and camped on the north side.
morning. As we were setting out a black dog came to us,
and went along, supposed to have belonged to a band of the
Assiniboins, who had been encamped near this place a few
days ago. We passed a hill resembling a large haystack, all
but about 10 feet of the top which was as white as chalk. The
hills in general are much higher here than lower down the
river; but the bottoms much the same. In the afternoon we
passed a creek, called after our interpreter, Sharbons creek.
He had been, before, this far up the Missouri, and no white
* The maps of Louisiana place the Mandan villages west of the little Missouri ;
whereas it is ascertained by this expedition to be 92 miles higher up the Missouri
than the Mandans.
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man any further, that we could discover. We made 16 miles
and encamped in a handsome bottom on the North side.
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In the morning, as we were setting out, a black dog came to us and went along with us. It was supposed to have belonged to a band of the Assiniboins who had camped near this place a few days ago. We passed a hill resembling a large haystack, except for about 10 feet of the top, which was as white as chalk. The hills in general are much higher here than lower down the river, but the bottoms are much the same. In the afternoon we passed a creek named after our interpreter, Sharbons (Charbonneau's) Creek. He had been this far up the Missouri before, and no white man any further, as far as we could discover.
* The maps of Louisiana place the Mandan villages west of the Little Missouri, whereas it has been determined by this expedition that they are 92 miles higher up the Missouri than the Little Missouri.
We made 16 miles and camped in a handsome bottom on the north side.
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