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Journal entry · May 13, 1805

Missouri River Breaks area — Patrick Gass: May 13, 1805

Patrick Gass · Missouri River Breaks area · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

The place today: Missouri River Breaks area

few drops of rain fell. At 1 P.M. we embarked; passed
three creeks, one on the North side and two on the South;
went seven miles and encamped in a large bottom.

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right shore, 10 mi NNW of Hell Creek State Park, MT

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About 8.1 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)

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