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Journal entry · May 11, 1805
Missouri River Breaks area — Patrick Gass: May 11, 1805
Patrick Gass · Missouri River Breaks area · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River Breaks area
usual hour; at 1 passed a small creek on the South side. This
day we saw several great gangs of buffaloe, and other game in
plenty. One of the men killed another large brown bear,
about the size of the one lately killed. We came seventeen
miles and encamped on the South side.
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right shore, 13 mi SW Fort Peck, MT
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About 18.5 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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