Camp White Catfish Nine [10] Miles above the Platt River,
Monday the 23d. of July 1804—
A FAIR
morning Set a party to look for timber for
Ores, two parties to hunt, at
11 oClock Sent off
George Drewyer & Peter
Crousett with some tobacco
to invite the Otteaus if at their town and
Panies if they saw
them, to come and talk with us at our Camp &c.
&c. (at this
Season the Indians on this river are in the Praries
hunting the
Buffalow, but from some signs of hunters, near this place
&
the Plains being on fire near their towns induce a belief that
they this nation have returned to get some Green Corn or
roasting
Ears) raised a flag Staff Sund and Dryed our provisions
&c. I commence Coppying a Map of
the river below
to Send to the P. [President—Ed.] U. S. five Deer Killed
to day one man with a tumer
on his breast, Prepared our
Camp the men put their arms in order Wind hard
this afternoon
from the N. W.[1]
July 26th.
Thursday
| A M |
7
h |
33m |
32 s |
P. M. |
4
h |
15 m |
22
s |
|
" |
34 |
55 |
|
" |
16 |
51 |
|
" |
36 |
22 |
|
" |
18 |
14 |
altitude given not put down
