Journal entry · August 8, 1806
Lewis/Clark descending Missouri/Yellowstone to reunion — Patrick Gass: August 8, 1806
Patrick Gass · Yellowstone-Missouri confluence · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Yellowstone-Missouri confluence
white frost; proceeded on early and ina short time past one
of Captain Clarke’s camps. At nine o’clock we halted to re-
pair the periogue, and to dress some skins to make ourselves
clothing. The musquitoes are more troublesome here than
at any place since we left the falls of the Missouri. A party
of men went out to hunt and killed some elk and deer; the
rest were employed in dressing deer and cabre skins.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left bank, ND
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of August 8 to August 9, 1806
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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