Rock Formations on the Upper Missouri

Description

On August 2, the travelers reached the first in a series of rapids on the upper Missouri. This day Bodmer sketched several formations along the bank variously designated by the letters U, V, and W. Maximilian, referring to these studies, wrote that "the bare summits are now beginning to rise ever higher, for one is now approaching the high, wild mountains which are called Les Mauvaises Terres, the principal home of the bighorns, which were found earlier, to be sure, but not in such a number."