Missouri River near St. Joseph area — Patrick Gass: July 11, 1804
The party passed Tarico Creek on the north and stopped at an island opposite Moha Creek on the south side of the river. Seven hunters went out, and two of them returned with five deer. Another stray horse was found on the riverbank, likely abandoned by a hunting party the previous winter. Two men who had set out to hunt on the south side of the river had not come back by nightfall.
a creek on the north side, called Tarico, and halted at an
island, opposite a creek called Moha on the south side of the
river. Seven hunters went out today and two of them brought
in five deer.— Here we found another horse on the bank of
the river, supposed to have been left by a hunting party last
winter. Two of our men, who had gone to hunt on the south
side of the river, did not return at night.
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We passed a creek on the north side, called Tarico, and stopped at an island opposite a creek called Moha on the south side of the river. Seven hunters went out today, and two of them brought in five deer.
Here we found another horse on the bank of the river, supposed to have been left by a hunting party last winter. Two of our men, who had gone to hunt on the south side of the river, did not return at night.
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