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Journal entry · May 19, 1805

Patrick Gass: May 19, 1805

Patrick Gass · Near Musselshell River, Montana · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

The place today: Near Musselshell River, Montana

dew. The river is handsome and the country mountainous.
86 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
We made 20 1-4 miles and encamped on the North side in a
small bottom.

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right shore, 4½ mi NE of mouth of Musselshell River, MT

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