Missouri River near Yellowstone approach — Patrick Gass: April 24, 1805
Strong winds blowing down the river forced the party to halt for the day. While stopped, some men hiked off to investigate what looked like a distant river or small lake, but on returning in the afternoon reported it was only Missouri River backwater that had spread into a bottomland. One of the men captured six young wolves and brought them back to camp, while others hunting in the area killed several elk and deer.
so hard down the river we could not proceed. While we lay
here some of the men went to see some water at a distance
which appeared like a river or small lake. In the afternoon
they returned, and had found it only the water of the Missouri,
which had run up a bottom. One of the men caught six young
wolves and brought them in, and the other men killed some
elk and deer.
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The wind was blowing so hard down the river that we could not proceed. While we were stopped here, some of the men went to look at some water in the distance, which appeared to be a river or small lake. In the afternoon they returned, having found that it was only water from the Missouri that had run up into a bottom. One of the men caught six young wolves and brought them in, and the other men killed some elk and deer.
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