Patrick Gass: August 17, 1806
On a cold morning for the season, two strange hunters and a recently discharged expedition member set off upriver. The party lashed their small canoes together in pairs for greater stability and carrying capacity. At noon they reached the village of Big White, the Mandan chief, who boarded with his wife, child, the interpreter Geesem, and Geesem's wife and two children to travel to the United States. They set out again at 2 o'clock against high winds and rough water, camping after about twenty miles.
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 weather was cold for the season. The two strange hunters, along with the man who had received his discharge and was going up the river with them, set out early. We lashed our small canoes together, two by two, since we expect they will be steadier this way and able to carry larger loads. At noon we dropped down to the village of the Big-White; and he, his wife, and a child, along with Geesem (Jusseaume) the interpreter for the Big-White, his wife, and two children boarded two of our canoes to travel to the United States. We continued on at 2 o'clock; the wind was high and the river rough; and in the evening we camped, having traveled about twenty miles downriver.
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