Yellowstone-Missouri confluence — John Ordway: April 28, 1805

caught a large beaver last night, we Set off eairly. the wind had
Shifted to S. E. and blew gently So that we Sailed Some part of
the time, proceeded on passed high bluffs on N. S. of a whiteish
coulor rough hills and knobs on each side. Some Smoth bottoms
of cottonwood on each Side of the River. Saw large flocks of
Cabberrie or antilope which is a Species of the Goat kind, on the
Sides of the hills on S. S. Saw Some dead on the edge of the
river, which I suppose the wolves had killed. Cap* Clark and our
Intrepter walked on Shore on the S. S. we proceeded on untill
ab* 3 oClock. came to where Cap* Clark had made a fire, we
then halted to dine in a bottom above high bluffs on s. s. Cap*
Clark had killed one Deer & a goose, he Saw Several bair pro-
ceeded on towards evening we Saw a large black bair Swimming
the River we went on Shore to head him & hopes to kill him.
1 On the later site of Fort Union; also on, or very near, the boundary between
North Dakota and Montana.
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one man Shot & wounded it but it ran in to thick bushes So that
we could not find it. Some of the party Saw Several more bair
on the hills, on S. S. the bluffs make neare the river all this day
and are verry Steep in some places & other places high & rough
Some of which are White Stone and Clay, others are of a redish
coulour, nearly like brick, we Camped in a handsom bottom of
c. w. timber on N. S.1 high steep bluffs on s. s. Came 24
miles this day.