Journal entry · August 27, 1804
Spirit Mound, South Dakota — Patrick Gass: August 27, 1804
Patrick Gass · Spirit Mound, South Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Spirit Mound, South Dakota
bluffs on the south side. At 2 we stopped for dinner, and an
Indian of the Mahas nation, who lives with the Sioux came to
us here, at the mouth of the Sacque river; and while we re-
mained here two more came in. A sergeant with our old
Frenchman and another man went with two of the Indians to
their camps, and the other went with us in the boat. We en-
camped on a sand beach on the north side.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, 4 mi E of Yankton, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 14.2 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Missouri National Recreational River (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.9 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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