Near present Bellevue, Nebraska, George Drouillard and Pierre Cruzatte return to White Catfish Camp without finding any Otoes or Pawnees. Finding the Otoe village empty, they had continued their search as far as the Elkhorn River.
Teepee Frame
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Empty Otoe Village
G. Drewyer & peter [Pierre Cruzatte] Returned from the Zottoes 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
Experience the Lewis and Clark Trail
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.
Plan a trip related to July 25, 1804:
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.
