Journal entry · August 17, 1806
Patrick Gass: August 17, 1806
Patrick Gass · Missouri River near Heart River, approaching Mandan · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River near Heart River, approaching Mandan
and the weather was cold for the season. The two strange
hunters, with the man who had received his discharge and was
to go up the river with them, went on early. We lashed our
small canoes together, two and two, as we expect they will be
more steady this way and carry larger loads. At noon we
dropped down to the village of the Big-White; and he, his
wife and a child, with Geesem the interpreter for the Big-
White, his wife and two children embarked in two of our
canoes to go to the United States. We proceeded on at 2
o’clock; the wind was high, and river rough; and in the
evening we encamped having descended about twenty miles.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, south of Washburn, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- North Dakota Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.7 mi
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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Missouri River near Heart River, approaching Mandan in 360°
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