Photo: Missouri River by Ponca State Park, courtesy Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

Charting the tributaries of the Missouri was a principal objective of the expedition. July 30, 1804. Clark: the most butifull prospect of the River up & Down and the Countrey Opsd. prosented it Self which I ever beheld; The River meandering the open and butifull Plains, interspursed with Groves of timber, and each point Covered with Tall timber, Such as Willow Cotton sum Mullberry, Elm, Sucamore Lynn [linden] & ash (the Groves contain Hickory, Walnut, coffee nut & Oake in addition)

More about the food: August 23, 1804. Clark: J. Fields Sent out to hunt     Came to the Boat and informed that he had Killed a Buffalow in the plain a head. Cap. Lewis took 12 Men and had the buffalow brought to the boat in the next bend to the S. S. (the first buffalo they had killed)

Find out more: Sierra Club in Nebraska Sierra Club in Lincoln Rivers of Lewis and Clark Nebraska Endangered Species SD Endangered Species More on Nebraska Species Plan for Missouri River Management Sierra Magazine: Lewis and Clark