In April, after wintering in the middle of North Dakota, right before the river turns and heads due west, the intrepid Lewis and Clark expedition headed further up the Missouri. As they reached present Montana, the plains filled with ever greater number of animals, yet they still had not encountered their first “white” (grizzly) bear. However, signs of the bears were growing more common. Lewis writes around the numerous buffalo carcasses, remains of animals that had fallen through the winter ice,