Fort Mandan, North Dakota — Patrick Gass: November 5, 1804
Under clear skies and steady winds, the expedition passed a long timbered island where three men disembarked to hunt. They observed yellow bluffs with springs on the north bank, passed the mouth of the Pania River on the south side, and noted Goat Creek on the north, where antelopes (called cabres by the French) were spotted on nearby hills. Around 4 o'clock they camped on an island and installed a new mast. Hunters brought in two deer and two elk for the day.
wind, and had a clear day. We passed a long island covered
with timber, and three men went to hunt on it. On the north
side are yellow bluffs, out of which issue several beautiful
springs. Opposite the head of the island, on the south side,
flows in a river, called Pania river; and about three miles
higher up, on the north side, a creek, called Goat creek. On
the hills above this creek we saw some goats or antelopes,
which the French called cabres. About 4 we encamped on an
island, where we made and put in a new mast. The three men,
who went to hunt on the long island, killed a deer and an elk;
and two more went out from camp and killed another deer
and an elk, both young.
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The wind died down, and we had a clear day. We passed a long island covered with timber, and three men went to hunt on it. On the north side are yellow bluffs, out of which flow several beautiful springs. Opposite the head of the island, on the south side, a river called Pania river flows in; and about three miles higher up, on the north side, there is a creek called Goat creek. On the hills above this creek we saw some goats or antelopes, which the French called cabres.
About 4 we camped on an island, where we made and put in a new mast. The three men who went to hunt on the long island killed a deer and an elk; and two more went out from camp and killed another deer and an elk, both young.
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