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Journal entry · September 19, 1804
Missouri River near Big Bend — Patrick Gass: September 19, 1804
Patrick Gass · Missouri River near Big Bend · Thwaites Vol. Gass 1807 First Edition
The place today: Missouri River near Big Bend
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34 GASS’S JOURNAL OF THE
passed large bottoms on both sides of the river covered with
timber. We saw some buffaloe swimming the river and killed
two of them. There is an island here, opposite which, a river
flows in on the north side. ‘This river is formed of three,
which unite their waters just above its mouth; and imme-
diately above the confluence is a crossing place, called the
Sioux-crossing-place of the three rivers. At the upper end, a
creek, called Elm creek, comes in on the south side, and two
miles above another creek, called Wash creek, falls in on the
same side. About two miles further we passed another creek,
called Night creek, where we encamped on the south side.
Three black tailed deer were killed this day.
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right shore 1½ mi NE of Lower Brule, SD
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 27.5 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
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