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Journal entry · September 17, 1804
Missouri River near White River — Patrick Gass: September 17, 1804
Patrick Gass · Missouri River near White River · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River near White River
during the day. Captain Lewis and some men went out to
hunt, and killed thirteen common and two black-tailed deer,
three buffaloe and a goat. The wild goat in this country
differ from the common tame goat, and is supposed to be the
real antelope. The black-tailed, or mule deer have much
larger ears than the common deer and tails almost without
hair, except at the end, where there is a bunch of black hair.
There is another species of deer in this country, with small
horns and long tails. The tail of one which we killed was
18 inches long. One of our men caught a beaver, and killed
a prairie wolf.—- These are a small species of wolves, some-
thing larger than a fox, with long tails and short ears.
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right shore, 1 mi SE of Oacoma, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino) · Camp of September 16 to September 17, 1804
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