Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: December 5, 1804
Clear and pleasant weather marked the day. Around 11 o'clock, the party spotted goats swimming across the river; a hunter ran along the shore and killed four, which were collected into the boat and pirogues as they drifted downstream. The expedition passed Hidden Creek on the north side and tall black bluffs on the south. Hunters on an island startled a prairie wolf into the river and killed it. After passing White Goat Creek on the south side, the group made camp on the north bank.
clear and pleasant. About 1 1 we saw some goats swimming
the river, when one of our hunters ran up the shore and killed
four of them, and we took them into the boat and periogues
as they floated down. We passed a creek on the north side,
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called Hidden creek, and high black bluffs on the south side.*
Some of our hunters having gone on an island to hunt scared
a prairie wolf into the river, which we killed. We passed a
creek on the south side called White Goat creek and encamped
on the north side.
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Clear and pleasant. About 11 we saw some antelope swimming the river, when one of our hunters ran up the shore and killed four of them, and we took them into the boat and pirogues as they floated down. We passed a creek on the north side, called Hidden Creek, and high black bluffs on the south side.
Some of our hunters, having gone on an island to hunt, scared a prairie wolf into the river, which we killed. We passed a creek on the south side called White Goat Creek and camped on the north side.
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