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[DISTANCES AND LATITUDES][1]

Remarks of Different places.

             
Latd. of the Gasnage [Gasconade]  38°, 15′, 57″ N 
Do." "Granzoe [Grand Osage]  39°, 16′, 23″ N 
Do.    Rock pole [Split Rock]  38°, 16′, 00″ N 
Do. the two Charottoes  38°, 19′, 00″ N 
Do. Decaugh [Kansas]  38°, 31′, 13″ N 
River platt  41°, 3′, 19–¾″ N 
Camp of the Brareow on Councel Bluffs  41°, 17′, 00″[2]  

                                             
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From River Duboice
to St Charles 		 21 Miles by water 
" Gasconade  104 " " " 
Unto the Osage River  138 " " " 
" Mine River  201 " " " 
" 2 Charottoes Rivers  226 " " " 
" Old Villag of Missuries  246 " " " 
" Grand River  254 " " " 
" Kanzus River  366 " " " 
" 2nd.. Old Village of Kanzeis  433 " " " 
" Nadoway River  481 " " " 
" Grand Na, mahaw R  511 " " " 
" Bald pated prarie  570 " " " 
" Mouth of Plate River  632 " " " 
" Councel Bluffs  682 " " " 
" Little Seeoux River  766 " " " 
" Mahars Village  870 " " " 
" The Mouth of the Big Souix river  880 " 
" the Mouth of the river Jacque  970 Miles 
" Grand Calimet Bluffs  980 " 
" the River of rapid water  1020 " 
" Ceeder Island  1090 " 
" River White  1142 " 
" the Island in the Big bend or Grand
Detorture of the Missourie River 		 1183 " 
Unto Round the Bend 30 miles  1203 Miles 
" the ceeder Island above the Big Bend  1235 " 
" the Mouth of the Teton River  1275 " 
" the 1st. Village of Rickarees  1480 " 
" Mouth of the river Bullette [Cannon Ball]  1505 " 
" River Chiss-Chetar above the old Village
of Mandans 		 1550 " 
" Fort Mandans on the N. Side  1600 ½ Miles.[3]  

Lat[it]udes of the Different Remarkable places on the Missourie River.

                                             
of St. Charles  38°, 54′, 39″ N 
Gasconade  38°, 44′, 35″ N 
Mo. of the Osarge River  38°, 31′, 6″ 
mo. of the Grand River  38°, 47′, 54 9/10 
mo. of the Kanzeis River  39°, 5′, 25″ 
12[½] ms. above dimond Isl.  39°, 9′, 38″ 
3 m. b[e]low the 2nd.. Old Village of Kanzeis  39°, 25′, 42″ 
mo. of the Nordaway  39°, 39′, 22″ 
mo of the Namahaw  39°, 55′, 56″ 
Good Isld.  40°, 20′, 12″ 
Bald Pated Praire  40°, 27′, 6″ 
White Catfish Camp  41°, 3′, 19″ 
Council Bluff  41°, 17′, 00″ 
Mo. of Stone River or the little Seoux  41°, 42′, 34″ 
On the South Side Whare the late King of the
Mahars [was buried] 		 42°, 1′, 3″N 
Fish Camp Neer the Mahars Village Augst 14th 1804  42°, 13′, 41″ 
Septmb 1 Calimet Bluffs opsite the Sues Lodges
whare we met the Nation of the Sues 		 42°, 53′, 13″ 
Ceeder Island Louisells Fort  44°, 11′, 33″ 
the Mouth of the Chien River  44°, 19′, 36″ 
Mouth of the Water-hoo River  45°, 39′, 5″ 
the Mouth of the River bullette  46°, 29′, 00″ 
Fort Mandans on N. Side  47°, 21′, 00″ 
at the forks of Mariah  47°, 24′, 12″. 

 
[1]

The following entries are found on the last pages of the first portion of Whitehouse's
journal, and are partly in handwriting No. 1, and partly in that of No. 2.—Ed.

[2]

These do not, save the last one, correspond with similar latitudes as given in the
text of the journal.—Ed.

[3]

The preceding estimates are nearly all larger than those given by Clark; whether
or not they are based on independent data, is unknown.—Ed.

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