Journal entry · October 16, 1804
Missouri River approaching Cannonball River — Patrick Gass: October 16, 1804
Patrick Gass · Missouri River approaching Cannonball River · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
That night's camp, per the NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino): right shore, 13½ mi ENE of Fort Yates, SD
clear morning, passed a creek on the south side. The timber
is more plenty than it has been for a considerable distance
down the river. The sand bars, gave us a great deal of
trouble, and much retarded our progress. In the evening a
short time before we encamped, we met with another hunting
party of the Rickarees. They had a flock of goats, or ante-
lopes, in the river, and killed upwards of forty of them.
Captain Lewis, and one of our hunters went out and killed
three of the same flock. We encamped on the south side.
This day we saw more than an hundred goats.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore, 13½ mi ENE of Fort Yates, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 15.5 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
Source: National Park Service, Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas.
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