Excerpt from Report of an Expedition Up the Yellowstone River, Made in 1875

Colonel: Pursuant to an agreement with Mr. S. B. Coulson, the contractor for freight on the Upper Missouri, the steamer Josephine will be placed at your disposal at Bismarck, Dakota Territory, for an examination of the Yellowstone River from its mouth to the mouth Of the Big Horn, or still farther up, if practicable.

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