Journal entry · August 31, 1804
Calumet Bluff, meeting with Yankton Sioux — Patrick Gass: August 31, 1804
Patrick Gass · Calumet Bluff, meeting with Yankton Sioux · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Calumet Bluff, meeting with Yankton Sioux
with us all day, and got our old Frenchman to stay and go
with their chief to the city of Washington. Some of them
had round their necks strings of the white bear’s claws, some
of the claws three inches long.
26 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
CHAP. ITI,
ATURDAY tst Sept. 1804. We renewed our voyage early;
S passed high bluffs on the south side, and high prairie
land on the north: on this side, the hills come close to the
river: and are so near on both sides, as not to be more than
two miles from each other. During last night we had hard
wind and some rain, which continues to fall occasionally dur-
ing the day. About 1 o’clock we passed a rich prairie on the
south side, and encamped on the north side, at the lower end
of an island.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore below Calumet Bluff, Gavins Point, NE
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of August 28 to August 31, 1804
NPS sites within 5 miles of this camp
- Lewis and Clark Visitor Center at Gavins Point Dam (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 1.2 mi
- Mead Cultural Education Center (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 2.9 mi
- Missouri National Recreational River (opens in a new tab) Visitor center/museum · 3.7 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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