Missouri River near Vermillion area — Patrick Gass: August 23, 1804
With a fair wind, the party traveled along a notably straighter stretch of the river. Captain Clark and another man killed a deer and a buffalo, and men were dispatched to dress the buffalo and bring it back to the boat. They stopped at a large, handsome prairie on the north side, which Clark named Buffalo Prairie. After the wind shifted, they paused to salt two barrels of buffalo meat. At five in the evening they continued on and camped on the south side.
fair wind. ‘The river here becomes more straight than we
had found it for a great distance below. Captain Clarke and
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one of the men killed a deer and a buffaloe, and some of the
men were sent to dress and bring the buffaloe to the boat.
We stopped at a prairie on the north side, the largest and
handsomest, which I had seen. Captain Clarke called it Buf-
faloe prairie. The men having returned, we again went on;
but the wind changed and we were obliged to halt for the
present. While we were detained here we salted two barrels
of buffaloe meat. At five in the evening we proceeded some
distance and encamped on the south side.
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Fair wind. The river here becomes straighter than we had found it for a great distance below. Captain Clarke (Captain Clark) and one of the men killed a deer and a buffalo, and some of the men were sent to dress the buffalo and bring it to the boat.
We stopped at a prairie on the north side, the largest and handsomest I had seen. Captain Clarke called it Buffaloe prairie (Buffalo Prairie). The men having returned, we went on again; but the wind changed and we were obliged to halt for the time being. While we were detained here, we salted two barrels of buffalo meat. At five in the evening we proceeded some distance and camped on the south side.
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