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Journal entry · August 22, 1804

Missouri River near Vermillion area — Patrick Gass: August 22, 1804

Patrick Gass · Missouri River near Vermillion area · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

passed bluffs on the south side, where there is copperas,
allum and ore of some kind; also passed a creek. The high
land on the south side for nine or ten miles runs close to the
river, where there are cedar bluffs of various colours. We
encamped on the north side.

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