Journal entry · July 22, 1804

Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area — Patrick Gass: July 22, 1804

Patrick Gass · Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

early on our voyage, with fair weather. — There is high prairie
land on the south side, with some timber on the northern
parts of the hills) We came nine miles from the mouth of
* By bluffs in the Western Country is understood high steep banks, which come
close to and are washed at their base by the rivers.
LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION 15
Platte river, and landed on a willow bank. The hunters
killed five deer and caught two beaver.

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