Confluence of the Missouri and Gasconade

Description

Ten miles above Loutre Island on April 13, the Yellow Stone reached the mouth of the Gasconade River. A short distance beyond it stopped to take on more wood. In his journal for this day, Maximilian mentioned that Bodmer made at least two sketches at the mouth of the Gasconade, one a watercolor. He described the Gasconade as an unimportant river and estimated that the steamer was at that point about 100 miles above the confluence of the Missouri with the Mississippi.