Missouri River near Big Bend — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1804
Clear, pleasant weather accompanied the day's travel, with timbered land along the south bank and hills and prairies to the north, alongside an island and numerous sandbars. The party noted that Captain Lewis had killed an unusual bird of prey resembling a magpie the previous day while hunting. On this day, the men took eleven deer and a wolf. They halted and made camp on the south side of the river to jerk the meat for preservation.
clear and pleasant: passed some timber land on the south
side, and hills and prairies on the north; also an island and
a great number of sand bars. Yesterday captain Lewis while
hunting killed a bird not common in the states: it is like a
magpie and is a bird of prey. This day we killed eleven deer
and a wolf, and halted and encamped on the south side of the
river in order to jirk our meat.
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Clear and pleasant. We passed some timbered land on the south side, and hills and prairies on the north; also an island and a great number of sand bars. Yesterday Capt Lewis (Capt. Lewis), while hunting, killed a bird not common in the states: it is like a magpie and is a bird of prey. This day we killed eleven deer and a wolf, and halted and camped on the south side of the river in order to jerk our meat.
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