Missouri River near St. Joseph area — Patrick Gass: July 7, 1804
The party traveled past a high, attractive prairie on the north side of the river. Along the bank, they killed a wolf and a large wood rat. The wood rat was noted as being similar to a common rat, with the main distinction being that its tail was covered in hair.
age; passed a high handsome prairie on the north side, and
killed a wolf and a large wood rat on the bank. The prin-
cipal difference between it and the common rat is, its having
hair on its tail.
Read this entry in modern English AI-translated
...age; passed a high, handsome prairie on the north side, and killed a wolf and a large wood rat on the bank. The principal difference between it and the common rat is its having hair on its tail.
This modernization is AI-generated for accessibility. The original above is the authoritative version.
Entities mentioned in this entry
Auto-extracted from the entry text. Hover any entity for context.
