Missouri River near Musselshell River — Joseph Whitehouse: May 21, 1805

a clear pleasant morning. the 2 men returned who Stayed
out all night had caught one beaver & killed a Deer” they
Swam across the Mussel Shell River before Sun rise. Soon
after we Set off. another beaver was caught we proceeded on.
passed timbred bottoms & hilly land on each Side, but the
River hills are not So high, as they were for Some distance be-
low. Some of the party yesterday discovered a high range of
mountains to the west, a long distance off. we Saw Some old
Indian Camps in a timbred bottom on N.S. where Cap! Clark
killed an Elk. about 1 oC. P. M. we halted to dine at a hand-
som timbred bottom on the South Shore. one of the hunters
killed an Elk. the wind rose So high from the N. W. that we
delayed about 2 hours and proceeded on passed bottoms & pine
hills as usal. Came about 15 Miles and Camped on a large
Sand beach on N. S. one of the hunters killed a buffaloe another
killed a beaver. the wind rose verry high Soon after we
Camped, and made the Sand fly So that it was verry disagree-
able the most of the party moved back towards the hills.