Journal entry · May 31, 1804

Patrick Gass: May 31, 1804

Patrick Gass · Missouri River near Gasconade River · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition

The place today: Missouri River near Gasconade River

ment all day, on account of a strong wind from the west. An
Indian man and a squaw came down the river with two canoes,
loaded with fur and peltry, and remained with us all night.
Some of our hunters went out and killed a deer.

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right shore, mouth Grindstone (Deer) Creek, MO

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