Missouri River near Jefferson City area — John Ordway: June 14, 1804

River, foggy but fair day we passed a handsome Small prarie
on North Side of the River, verry hard water, about noon we
1 All the journalists of the expedition labor over this name. The modern
form of the name is Chariton, borne by a town and county in addition to the
two rivers, Big and Little Chariton.
2 This was Pierre Dorion. For a characterization of him see Coues, I, 21.
For an account of his connection with the exploring expedition see post, 122,
note 1.
3 Grand River, still so called, rises near the Missouri-Iowa boundary, and
runs in a southeasterly direction, draining a large portion of northwestern
Missouri.
86 WISCONSIN HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS [June 15
met 2 canoes loaded with peltry, four Frenchman bound to S*
Charles, came from the Pannee1 nation, where they had been
hunting for 2 years, they came to us about 11 oClock A. M.
left us at 3 O.C. P.M. we proceeded on passed high Land on
the N. Side called Snake hills of the River,2 then we passed
Snake Creek on the N. Side of Missouri, we camped on N. Side.