Missouri River through Dakota territory — Patrick Gass: September 4, 1806
The party traded some corn with Mr. Aird in exchange for tobacco, which the men badly needed; Aird's group, having lost a boatload of provisions on their journey upriver, was glad to receive the corn. The expedition then continued downstream to their former campsite near the Maha village, where they stopped to dry out baggage that had gotten soaked the previous night. They camped there overnight. The local Maha people were all away on the plains.
changed some corn with Mr. Aird for tobacco, which our
party stood much in need of; and his party, having lost a
boat load of provisions in their way up, wanted the corn. We
then proceeded on till we came to our old camp near the
Maha village, where we halted to dry our baggage, which got
very wet last night, and remained all night. The natives are
all out in the plains.
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We exchanged some corn with Mr. Aird for tobacco, which our party greatly needed; and his party, having lost a boat load of provisions on their way up, wanted the corn. We then proceeded on until we came to our old camp near the Maha village, where we stopped to dry our baggage, which had gotten very wet last night, and we remained there all night. The natives are all out in the plains.
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