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Journal entry · June 14, 1805

Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 14, 1805

Patrick Gass · Great Falls of the Missouri · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

pleasant. About 7 o’clock A.M. we passed a place where
Captain Lewis and his men had killed two bears, and had left
a note directing us where to find them. About 2 one of Cap-
tain Lewis’s men met us, and informed us that the falls were
about 20 miles above; and that Captain Lewis and the other
three men, were gone on to examine what the distance was
above the falls, before we could take the water again. We
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went 10 miles and encamped on a small bottom on the south
side.

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