Missouri River near Soldier River — Patrick Gass: August 5, 1804
Wind forced the party to halt for two hours before clearing skies allowed them to resume traveling. They passed prairies on both banks of the river and made camp on the north side. The river in this stretch was extremely crooked and winding, so much so that reaching a point only 370 yards away by land required a water passage of twelve miles.
wind obliged us to stop two hours. It then cleared and we
continued our voyage; passed prairies on both sides, and en-
camped on the north side. The river here is very crooked
and winding. To arrive at a point only 370 yards from this
place, the passage by water is twelve miles.
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The wind forced us to stop for two hours. It then cleared up and we continued our voyage; we passed prairies on both sides, and camped on the north side. The river here is very crooked and winding. To reach a point only 370 yards from this place, the passage by water is twelve miles.
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