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The men cooked corn for the next day. The cooks slept on the sand bar Sunday, September 23, 1804
and the remainder of the men slept on board the keelboat. For the first The men in the three boats continued rowing upriver, aided by a gentle
time in four nights, they all slept well. southeast breeze. They passed several islands, one of them called EIk
Viewing Point: Island, was about two and one-half miles long, covered with cottonwood
1. Scenic Overlook on SD Hwy 1804. Located on the eastern side of trees, red berries, and grapes. Captain Clark took a walk along the shore
the Missouri River, just below the Oahe Dam, this observation point and saw herds of buffalo in the distance. He also saw smoke from a prairie
overlooks the river, as well as Campgrounds 1, 2 & 3. The Corps of fire in what is now Lyman County. Presumably, the Teton Sioux, camped
Engineers has a very good interpretive sign telling about the dam and near the Bad River, were signaling other tribal members to join them.
the area. The nearby South Dakota State Historical Society plaque Reuben Fields, who had Ieft the keelboat earlier to do some hunting,
shows the places Lewis and Clark camped. In addition, to the west of found a sixteen-yard wide creek on the north side of the river. The captains
campgrounds 1, 2 & 3, between the hills and the river, one can see a named it Reuben’s Creek (now Medicine Knoll Creek) in his honor. The
large level plain stretching south. The village of chief Black Buffalo was travelers continued west before camping for the night in a cottonwood
located on this plain. grove on the north side of the Missouri River, a couple miles above the creek.

Medicine Knoll Overlook. View looking southwest of the bluffs
While the men were cooking their evening meal, which included
1804 Overlook. Looking west across the swimming beach to the Ft. Pierre Plain. cooking an antelope shot by Reuben Fields, three Sioux boys swam across
Saturday, September 29, 1804 the river to their campsite. The boys reported that eighty lodges of the
Lewis and Clark started early their last day in present-day Hughes Teton were camped near the mouth of the Bad River. They were given
County. About 9:00 a.m. Chief Partisan, who had caused so much trouble two twists of tobacco to carry to their chiefs with the message that Lewis
at the mouth of the Bad River, hailed them. He requested a ride upstream and Clark would visit with them the next day. The boys were taken back
for himself, three other men and one woman, to visit friends. Clark across the river with one of the rowboats. As was the usual practice that
refused; however, he gave them a twist of tobacco and authorized one of night, some of the men slept in tents on shore, while others slept in the
the boats to ferry them across the river to the east shore. cabins of the keelboat. Before turning in for the night, Captain Lewis took
A short time later the Corps of Discovery passed Chantier Creek. After a walk along the shore.
traveling about eleven miles that day, they spent the night anchored in
the river not far from the mouth of Okobojo Creek.
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