Journal entry · August 12, 1804
Missouri River near Little Sioux River — Patrick Gass: August 12, 1804
Patrick Gass · Missouri River near Little Sioux River · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River near Little Sioux River
day light. The musquetoes last night were worse than I ever
experienced. We went round a bend, of eighteen miles, the
neck of which was only 974 yards across; passed high bluffs
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of yellow clay on the south side of the river and low land on
the north; and encamped on a sand island.
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The NPS atlas for this night
bar left side, 4 mi W of Sloan, IA
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 21.5 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
Terrain360 · the place today
Missouri River near Little Sioux River in 360°
10 frames across 1.6 mi of the route around this location
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