Journal entry · December 4, 1804
Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 4, 1804
Patrick Gass · Fort Mandan, North Dakota · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
turn to the place where we halted yesterday at 12 and to take
the other side of the river ; the water was so shallow and sand
bars so numerous. At 9 o’clock an Indian swam across the
river to see us, when we stopped for breakfast. We informed
him that we were not traders, that we had seen his chief and
told him all we had to say. We proceeded on, passed a creek
on the south side, called Teel creek, and encamped on the
upper part of an island.
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