Journal entry · July 21, 1804
Patrick Gass: July 21, 1804
Patrick Gass · Mouth of Platte River, near Louisville/Plattsmouth, Nebraska · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
but we had a fine breeze of wind. There are a great many
willow islands and sand-bars in this part of the river. At
nine the wind fell, and at one we came to the great river
Platte, or shallow river, which comes in on the south side, and
at the mouth is three quarters of a mile broad. The land is
flat about the confluence. Up this river live three nations of
Indians, the Otos, Panis and Loos, or Wolf Indians. On the
south side there is also a creek, called Butterfly creek.
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