Journal entry · May 6, 1805
Missouri River near Porcupine River — Joseph Whitehouse: May 6, 1805
Joseph Whitehouse · Missouri River approaching the Milk River · Thwaites Vol. Thwaites Vol 7
The place today: Missouri River approaching the Milk River
clear pleasant and warm. the wind from the east. we Sailed
on verry well. Caught two beaver last night. Saw a brown
bair Swim the River before us. about 2 oC. we halted to dine
1 The words ‘‘feet’’ and ‘*Inches’’ were inserted later ; the former is evidently
an error. — Ep.
1805] WHITEHOUSE’S JOURNAL
at a handsom bottom covered with timber on the N.S. Cap!
Clark killed an Elk, «a light sprinkling of rain, but did not
last long. passed a bluff on S. S. and Some hills also. high
plains & bottoms on the N. Side and on the S. S. Came
about 27 miles in all this day, and Camped in a bottom of
timber on the S. Side. the bottoms is all trod up by the Game,
and different paths in all directions. &c. &c.
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The NPS atlas for this night
right shore,15 mi WSW Wolf Point, MT
NPS campsite reconstruction (Bergantino)
About 26.2 miles of travel mapped this day (NPS’s reconstruction of the course)
From the NPS Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Park Atlas, mirrored here on September 21, 2026. This copy is not authoritative; NPS remains the system of record. About the mirror
Terrain360 · the place today
Missouri River approaching the Milk River in 360°
10 frames across 1.9 mi of the route around this location
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