Journal entry · June 20, 1805
Great Falls of the Missouri — Patrick Gass: June 20, 1805
Patrick Gass · Great Falls of the Missouri · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Great Falls Portage
out to kill some fat buffaloe. About 4 o’clock one of them
came in for men to carry the meat to camp; as they had
14 down ready to butcher. We went out about a mile and
a half, and brought in a load, leaving three men to dress
the rest. Captain Clarke and his party returned, having
found a tolerable good road except where some draughts
crossed it. They had left their blankets and provision at the
place where they expect we will again embark.
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The NPS atlas for this night
Lower Portage Camp, Hower Coulee
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of June 16 to June 27, 1805
About 19.7 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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