Journal entry · October 7, 1804
Missouri River near Cheyenne River — Patrick Gass: October 7, 1804
Patrick Gass · Missouri River near Cheyenne River · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River near Cheyenne River
passed a willow bottom on the south side; and a creek on the
north. At the beginning of some timber land we passed a
small river on the south side, called Cer-wer-cer-na, about
go yards wide. It is not so sandy as the Missouri, and the
water is clear, with a deep channel. At the mouth of this
river is a wintering camp of the Rickarees of 60 lodges. We
saw two Sioux Indians on the north side, gave them some
meat and proceeded on. We passed an island, on which
Captain Clarke and one of the men went to hunt and killed a
* To prevent mistakes, owing to the very winding course of the river, Starboard
side and Larboard side were made use of in the original journal, instead of north side
and south side; during the remainder of the voyage up the Missouri; but have been
changed to north side and south side, as being better understood, and suthciently rep-
resenting the general course of the river.
46 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
deer and a prarow. We encamped on the north side opposite
the head of the island.
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The NPS atlas for this night
left shore, 1 mi S of Mobridge, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 19.6 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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