Journal entry · August 28, 1804
Spirit Mound, South Dakota — Patrick Gass: August 28, 1804
Patrick Gass · Spirit Mound, South Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Spirit Mound, South Dakota
ant, and a fair wind from S.E. At 8 we halted for break-
fast, when our young Indian left us to go to his camp ata
handsome prairie, gently rising from the river on the north
side; a small distance above which are beautiful groves of
Cotton wood on both sides of the river. About 12 one of the
periogues run against a snag which broke a hole in it. We
then crossed to the south side to mend the periogue, and to
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wait to receive the Indians we expected; and landed a little
below some high bluffs. Our camp is in a wide bottom, in
which are large elm and oak trees.
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