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First Kill
Immence Herds
 

500 Buffalow

n September 9, 1804, west of today's Fort Randall Dam in South Dakota, Clark's black servant scored.


Derected my Servent York with me to kill a Buffalow near the boat from a numbr. then Scattered in the plains, I saw at one view near the river at least 500 Buffalow, those animals have been in view all day feeding in the Plains.

--Joseph Mussulman
First Kill
Immence Herds


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Journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton
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