Historic Diaries: Floyd 1804
July 21, 1804
Editor's Note:
Note:The mouth of the Platte was a major landmark for travelers, who refered to the territories beyond it as the "upper" Missouri. Much of the sand Floyd commented on, which was quite different from the mucky sediment the expedition had encountered so far, had flowed down from the Rocky Mountains.
Satturday July 21th 1804
Set out at 4 oclock a m, prossed on ouer Jouney. Rain this morning, wind fair. Sailed passed the mouth of the Grait River Plate on the South Side. it is much more Rappided than the missorea. it is about from one mile to 3 miles wide. the Sand Roles out and formes Large Sand Bares in the middel of the missorea. up the Plate about one mile the Hilles of Prarie Land. about 2 days and half up the Plate 2 nations of Indians Lives, vic The Souttoes [Otoes], the Ponney [Pawnee]. this River is not navigable for Boats to Go up it. passed a Creek Called the [blank space in MS.] on the South Side. it is about 2o yardes wide. it Comes out of a Large Prarie. Campt on the South Side
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