Missouri River near White River — John Ordway: September 13, 1804

passed high hills on N. S. & a Bottom prarie. Some part covered
with Timber [and] Grape vines covered with ripe grapes. pasd a
black Bluff on S. S. & Broken hills & a run of allum & copperass
water. Some Musquetoes, rainy. G. Drewyer caught 4 Beaver
in his Traps last night, myself Serg* Pryor & Shannon walked
on Shore S. S. in order to get some plumbs in a bottom prarie. we
found pleanty but they were not quite ripe. Shannon killed a
porcupine, we could not git to the Boat for a willow Island
which was between & Sand bars &. C. N. B. the Boat passd Sev-
eral Is*18 & camped on N. S. we Camped in a grove of cotton-
wood Timber. Eat one porcupine for Supper, the Musquetoes
Troubled us verry much. passd a range of black Bluffs on S. S.
&. c.