Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 10, 1806
The party spent the day repairing the pirogue and dressing skins, finishing the work by 3 o'clock in the afternoon. After loading the craft, they set out at four o'clock and traveled to the mouth of the White-earth River, making camp on the bottom opposite it—the same site they had used on April 21, 1805, during their outbound journey. A few drops of rain fell during the afternoon, and the mosquitoes at the campsite were extremely troublesome.
in repairing the periogue and dressing skins, until 3 o’clock in
the afternoon, when we got the periogue completed, loaded
our craft, and at four o’clock proceeded on to the mouth of
White-earth river, and encamped opposite it on the same
bottom, where we encamped on the 21st April 1805. In the
afternoon some drops of rain fell; and the musquitoes here
were very bad indeed.
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We worked on repairing the pirogue and dressing skins until 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when we got the pirogue completed, loaded our craft, and at four o'clock proceeded on to the mouth of White-earth river. We camped opposite it on the same bottom where we had camped on the 21st of April, 1805.
In the afternoon a few drops of rain fell, and the mosquitoes here were very bad indeed.
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