Journal entry · October 6, 1804
Missouri River near Cheyenne River — Patrick Gass: October 6, 1804
Patrick Gass · Missouri River near Cheyenne River · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River near Cheyenne River
clear day; passed bluffs on the south side and a bottom cov-
ered with timber on the north. About 11 we passed a hand-
some bottom, where a band of the Rees lived last winter.
They had left a number of round huts covered with earth,
some of their water craft made of buffaloe hides, and some
garden truck, such as squashes. We proceeded on and passed
a small creek on the south side; a handsome bottom on the
north; and encamped on a sand beach on the north side.
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The NPS atlas for this night
bar at mouth of Otter (Swan) Creek, SD (location uncertain, per NPS)
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 13.8 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
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