noon of June 13th
On the map they identified the Rosebud Indian Reservation to the west . The great Plains country into which they now were advancing seemed wild , lonely , and at times forbidding , and the settlements farther and farther apart . They were in cattle country rather than farming country much of the time . The _ Journal _ brought up the second great Sioux council of Lewis and Clark , on the `` Teton river '' -- near Pierre , South Dakota -- on the date of September 25th ; but so faithful had the motive power of the good ship _ Adventurer _ proved , that our party pulled into the most suitable camping spot they could find not too near by , around noon of June 13th . `` Ca n't complain , '' said Rob , taking off his grease-spattered overalls and wiping his hands on a bit of waste . `` We 've slipped a day on our schedule , but from what we now know of this little old river , we are mighty lucky to be here and not down by Council Bluffs , or maybe Kansas City ! It 's only a little over three hundred miles now to the Mandans .