Missouri River near Heart River, approaching Mandan — Patrick Gass: October 24, 1804

morning: passed some beautiful hills. and prairies,
and a creek called Round-Knob creek, onthe north «iy
on. the north side. Here two of our hunters came to.
ay, 29h. ‘We embarked early, and continued ah: .
our voyage. One of our Frenchmen went with the coe
was a quantity of fallen timber, and = seme on the
. Monday 300h. “Oorcrey | herée tied last night. We :
TS met us with a deer
erdand at the foot of a
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_ the: Indians. At the top of the bluff is a large hand-
_ Some prairie, ‘and a large pond, or small lake about.
– two miles from camp on the south side of the riv
– Ewo ‘ on eaoie hh went out and killed an ani :
– Dicesclay a lst. one bie one men ieee: to aaae ee
oa traps he had set, and in one found a young beaver,
– oo put little burt and brought it in alive, In a short ©
tame he went out again and killed a large buck. Two
Sar ether hunters came in about 12, who had killed two
deer ;. but lost the horses. One of them with two
. anee persons were sent out, to. hunt them, | who re-
. turned at dark without finding them ; and ‘suppgpcd
they had been stolen by the Indians,