Historic Diaries: Floyd 1804
July 7, 1804
Editor's Note:
This day they passed the site of modern St. Joseph, Missouri, which was depicted in a painting by Karl Bodmer a generation later. Sunstroke incapacitated one of the men.
Set out errley, prosed along, passed some Strong water on the South Side, which Compelled us to Draw up by the Cord. Clear morning, verry warm, Strong water. Came 10 miles. Camt on the N. Side
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