Sgt. Gass July 11, 1806 “came to the Missouri at the Bear islands, nearly opposite our old encampment.”
Mer. Lewis July 19, 1805 “the river bottoms. . .possess a considerable quantity of timber entirely cottonwood; the underbrush is honeysuckle rose bushes the narrow leafed willow and buffaloberry. . .the plants are beautiful and level but the soil is but thin.”
