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.