Fort Mandan (winter) — Patrick Gass: January 14, 1805
On a fine morning, the party set out and was joined by a black dog believed to have belonged to a recently encamped band of Assiniboine. They passed a striking hill resembling a haystack with a chalk-white top, and noted the surrounding hills were taller than those downriver. In the afternoon they passed a creek named for their interpreter Charbonneau, marking the furthest point any white man was known to have traveled up the Missouri. They covered 16 miles and camped in a bottom on the north side.
fine morning. As we were settinge.out a black dog
-eame to us, and went along, supposed to have belong-
ed toa band of the Assinibcins, who had been en-
| ~ eamped near this place a few days ago. We passed .
_. a hill resembling a large haystack, all but about 10
_ feet of the top which was as white as chalk. The
hills in general are much higher here than lower –
-down the river ; but the bottoms much the same. In
– the afternoon we passed a creek, called after our inter-
* preter, Sharbons creek. He had been, before, this far
he Missouri, and no white man any further, that.
“we could discover. We made 16 miles and encamp- * fi
ed ina handsome bottom on the North side. cs
| 2 Monday 15th. We hada pleasant day and a fair .
. wind ; set forward early as usual, and went on very
well. Passed a large creek on the North side, called 2
Goat-pen creek. We saw a number of buflaloe and. =~
two bears on the bank of the river. After gong ae
Pe
re
miles we encamped on the South side.
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Fine morning. As we were setting out, a black dog came to us and went along, supposed to have belonged to a band of the Assiniboines, who had been encamped near this place a few days ago. We passed a hill resembling a large haystack, all but about 10 feet of the top, which was as white as chalk. The hills in general are much higher here than lower down the river, but the bottoms are much the same. In the afternoon we passed a creek, called after our interpreter, Sharbons (Charbonneau's) Creek. He had been, before, this far up the Missouri, and no white man any further, that we could discover. We made 16 miles and camped in a handsome bottom on the North side.
Monday 15th. We had a pleasant day and a fair wind; set forward early as usual, and went on very well. Passed a large creek on the North side, called Goat-pen Creek. We saw a number of buffalo and two bears on the bank of the river. After going several miles we camped on the South side.
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