The next day, he and Clark met local Indians. A historical marker about one mile west of Jackson on U.S. 20 notes the passage of Lewis and Clark. Ponca State Park encompasses 859 acres and has campsites, cabins, trail rides, a pool, hayrack rides and naturalist-led activities. The park is two miles northof Ponca on Nebraska Hwy. He was not seen again until September 11 when, almost starved he was found at the edge of the river hoping that a fur trader would find him.
Goat Island is primitive and accessible only by boat.
A nearby boat rammp is at the Wiseman State Wildlife Management Area on a county road off Nebraska Hwy. 12 west of Obert. About three miles west of Newcastle on Nebraska Hwy. Gravel roads lead to Volcano Hill. Nathaniel Pryor had visited the Yankton camp and saw what has become the classic symbol of Plains Indians-a tipi.