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Journal entry · September 18, 1804
Missouri River near Big Bend — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1804
Patrick Gass · Missouri River near Big Bend · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River near Big Bend
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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right shore, 4 mi ENE Chamberlain, SD
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