Missouri River near St. Joseph area — John Ordway: July 7, 1804

waters on the South side, verry warm morning, passed a beauti-
ful prarie on the North Side which extends back, those praries
called S* Michel has much the appearance from the river of farms
Divided by narrow Strips of woods those Strips of timber grows
along the runs which rise on the hills, & pass to the River. I went
on Shore with the Horses in the afternoon In the North Side
crossed a Creek 2 miles up in the evening followed down to the
mouth and camped it being too late to find the boat, the Mus-
quitoes troubled me so that I could not Sleep, as this creek is
without name & my Describing it to my Cap4 he named it Ord-
way Creek.3 Some of the men in the Boat killed a wolf to day
they camped on the South Side of the Missouris, one man taken
sick (Frasier).