Missouri River near Porcupine River — Joseph Whitehouse: May 6, 1805

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.