Journal entry · April 30, 1805
Yellowstone-Missouri confluence — Patrick Gass: April 30, 1805
Patrick Gass · Yellowstone-Missouri confluence · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Yellowstone-Missouri confluence
ing and went on very well. We passed through a handsome
Country, with a rich soil, and the prairies rising beautifully on
both sides of the river. We went 24 miles and encamped on
the North side. Captain Lewis killed a large elk here.
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 81
CHAP. VIII.
|) iad 1st May, 1805. We set out early in a cool
morning; and went on till 12 o’clock, when the wind
rose so high, that our small canoes could not stand the waves.
We made only ten miles this day.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, 1½ mi SE of Brockton, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 23.3 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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