I'm rather gratified to read that Sam accompanied Bixby up the Missouri River on the D. A. January. I had been just a bit annoyed that such an adventurous character as Sam would have missed that opportunity. It does require me to do some serious re-writing on this section of my web site, however. I suppose the Missouri was unsatisfactory to both men, "climbing over reefs and clambering over snags patiently and laboriously all day long." I have not seen a reference to their objective location but suppose they traveled to St. Joseph.