Drouillard and Cruzatte return to White Catfish Camp near present Bellevue, Nebraska without finding any Otoes. Their village was empty, and they had searched as far as the Elkhorn River.
Teepee Frame
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Otoes Remain at Large
G. Drewyer & peter [Pierre Cruzatte] Returned from the Zottoes [Otoes] village found no Indians it is Supposed by the Signs they Saw that they were all out in the praries hunting buffelow.
—John Ordway
Hunting Report
White Catfish Camp 25th of July Wednesday. Several hunters Sent out . . . . two Deer Killed to day 1 Turkey Several Grous Seen to day.
—William Clark
White Catfish Camp is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Across from White Catfish Camp, on the Nebraska side, the Fontenelle Forest provides trails and Lewis and Clark interpretation.
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The Lewis and Clark Trail Experience—our sister site at lewisandclark.travel—connects the world to people and places on the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Discover More
- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
- The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.
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Unless otherwise noted, journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton, 13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983-2001).