Missouri River near Porcupine River — Joseph Whitehouse: May 5, 1805

Clear and pleasant. we Set off eairly. one of the hunters
lay on the S. S. last night,’joined us at breakfast-time had
killed two buffaloe Calfs. we proceeded on. Saw buffaloe
Elk Deer & goats on each side of the River. passed bottoms
and plains on each side. at 12 oC. we Saw 4 bair on a Sand
beach on S.S. passed a handsom large plain on the N.S. we
halted to dine on the South Side at a bottom of timber. our
officers Gave out to the party a half a Gill of ardent Spirits.
we Saw buffaloe and flocks of Goats. Jo. Fields verry sick.
we proceeded on. towards evening, we killed a verry large
bair in the River. the Natives call it white but it is of a light
brown coulour the measuer of the brown bair is as follows.
round the head is three-feet 5 Inches, d? the neck 3 feet 11
Inches, d° the breast 5 feet 10% Inches. also round the
middle of the arm one foot 11 inches. the length from the
nose to the extremity of the hind toe is 8 feet 7%4 Inches.
the length of tallons 4 feet 3¢ Inches’ his teeth or tuskes
were allmost worn out. the toe nales ware worn Short. when
we got him to Shore we halted for the night on the N. S.
dressed the s? brown bair found a fish in him, which he had
caught & eat. we rendred out about 6 Gallons of Greese and
did not render only a part of it he was not fat but reckened
to be about 600 weight as he was killed. one of the hunters
went out and killed an elk & Saw another bair nearly of the
Same discription. Came 16 miles this day.