Missouri River near Little Sioux River — Patrick Gass: August 12, 1804
The party endured an exceptionally bad night of mosquitoes before setting out at daylight. They navigated an eighteen-mile bend in the river whose neck measured only 974 yards across. Along the way they passed high bluffs of yellow clay on the south side of the river, with low land lying on the north side. The day ended with the group making camp on a sand island.
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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daylight. The mosquitoes last night were worse than I have ever experienced. We went around a bend of eighteen miles, the neck of which was only 974 yards across; passed high bluffs of yellow clay on the south side of the river and low land on the north; and camped on a sand island.
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