Missouri River near Jefferson City area — Patrick Gass: June 12, 1804
In the afternoon, the expedition encountered five pirogues laden with furs and peltry coming downriver from the Sioux nation. The party stayed overnight with the traders who owned the boats. During the meeting, they recruited an elderly Frenchman from the group who was familiar with the languages of the various Indian nations living along the upper Missouri. He agreed to accompany the Corps of Discovery as an interpreter, a valuable addition for their continued journey upriver.
o’clock in the afternoon, when we met five periogues loaded
with fur and peltry from the Sioux nation of Indians. We
remained with the people to whom these periogues belonged
all night; and got from them an old Frenchman, who could
speak the languages of the different nations of Indians up the
Missouri, and who agreed to go with us as an interpreter.
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o'clock in the afternoon, when we met five pirogues loaded with furs and pelts from the Sioux nation of Indians. We stayed with the people to whom these pirogues belonged all night; and got from them an old Frenchman, who could speak the languages of the different nations of Indians up the Missouri, and who agreed to go with us as an interpreter.
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