Council Bluffs, Iowa (first council site) — Patrick Gass: August 1, 1804
Two hunters returned with horses and an elk, while others brought in two large bucks and a fawn. The Indians the expedition had been awaiting arrived at dark, though the French interpreter who had gone to meet them was not among the group, leading the party to assume he had become lost. The site was named Council-Bluff, and astronomical observation placed it at latitude 41 degrees, 17 minutes north.
two of them returned with the horses and an elk they had
killed. The others brought in two large bucks and a fawn.
The Indians we expected came at dark; but our Frenchman
was not with them. We supposed he had been Jost. This
place we named Council-Bluff, and by observation we found to
be in latitude 41d. 17m. north.
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Two of them returned with the horses and an elk they had killed. The others brought in two large bucks and a fawn. The Indians we expected came at dark; but our Frenchman was not with them. We supposed he had been lost. This place we named Council-Bluff, and by observation we found it to be in latitude 41° 17' north.
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