Journal entry · June 12, 1804
Missouri River near Jefferson City area — Patrick Gass: June 12, 1804
Patrick Gass · Missouri River near Jefferson City area · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River near Jefferson City area
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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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, 4 mi NW New Frankfort, MO
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 8.5 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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