The party camped on the Cut Bank River July 22-25, 1806, in a “beautifull and extensive bottom. “ Deep in the territory of the dreaded Blackfeet, the men were uneasy. Lewis wrote, “gam[e] of every discription is extreemly wild which induces me to believe that the indians are now, or have been lately in this neighbourhood” Lewis could see from here that the river arose to the west rather than to the north, as he had hoped. Disheartened by this discovery, by the cold, rainy weather, and by the shortage of game, Lewis named this farthest point north Camp Disappointment, the actual site of which is four miles directly north of this monument.