Bitternut hickory (Carya cordiformis)

The river bottoms are extencive rich and Covered with tall large timber, and the hollows of the reveins may be Said to be covered with timber Such as Oake ash Elm and Some walnut & hickory.
William Clark

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Small brushy undergrowth

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Meriwether Lewis

My worthy friend Cap Lewis has entirely recovered his wounds are heeled up and he Can walk and even run nearly as well as ever he Could.
William Clark

Historical painting of Meriwether Lewis

Painting circa 1807 by Charles Willson Peale, alterations made my Connormah.