Missouri River near Little Missouri — Patrick Gass: April 17, 1805
With a favorable wind and fine weather, the party made good progress along the river, passing a beautiful plain and two large creeks on the north side and another creek on the south. They observed large numbers of buffalo and elk along the banks. At 1 o'clock they stopped for dinner, and two men quickly went out and killed two buffalo. After traveling 26 miles, they camped on the south side, noticing that rain had fallen there during the day, though none had fallen where they had traveled.
fair wind. The day was fine and we made good way. Passed
a beautiful plain and two large creeks on the North side, and
another creek on the South. We saw a great many buffaloe
and elk on the banks. At 1 o’clock we halted for dinner,
when two men went out and in a few minutes killed 2 buffaloe.
We made 26 miles and encamped on the South side, and
found that some rain had fallen during the day, where we
encamped, though there was none where we had been.
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Fair wind. The day was fine and we made good progress. We passed a beautiful plain and two large creeks on the north side, and another creek on the south. We saw a great many buffalo and elk on the banks. At 1 o'clock we stopped for dinner, when two men went out and in a few minutes killed 2 buffalo. We traveled 26 miles and camped on the south side, and found that some rain had fallen during the day where we camped, though there had been none where we had been.
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