[Lewis:]
Friday April 19th. 1805.
The wind blew so hard this
morning from N.W. that we
dared not to venture our canoes on the river.
Observed considerable
quantities of dwarf
Juniper on the hill sides (see
specimen No.4)[28]
it seldom rises
higher then 3 feet. the wind
detained us through the couse of this day,
tho' we were fortunate
in having placed
ourselves in a safe harbour, the party
killed one Elk and a beaver today.
The beaver of this part
of the Missouri are larger, fatter, more abundant
and better
clad with fur than those of any other part of the country that
I have yet seen; I have remarked also that their fur is much
darker.
