Near Platte River, Council Bluffs area — Patrick Gass: July 29, 1804
On July 29, 1804, one of the expedition's French members departed with an Indian to gather more Native people and meet the party at a suitable landing spot. Around noon, a hunter returned to camp bringing a deer and some elk meat. The Corps resumed their journey upriver at 3 o'clock that afternoon, passing a riverbank strewn with fallen timber. They made camp for the night on the north side of the river.
age. One of our Frenchmen went with the Indian to bring
more of them to meet us at some-convenient landing place.
At 12 one of our hunters came in with a deer and some elk
meat. We renewed our voyage at 3, passed a bank, where
there was a quantity of fallen timber, and encamped on the
north side.
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One of our Frenchmen went with the Indian to bring more of them to meet us at some convenient landing place. At 12 one of our hunters came in with a deer and some elk meat. We renewed our voyage at 3, passed a bank where there was a quantity of fallen timber, and camped on the north side.
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