At winter camp across from the mouth of the Missouri, Clark reports that the men are “a cleaning to Day.” A boat bound for Prairie du Chien and owned by Mississippi River trader Nicholas Jarrot stops for the night.
Encampment of the travellers on the Missouri
Karl Bodmer (1809–1893)
Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library.[1]“Bivouac der Reisenden am Missouri. Halte des voyageurs sur le Missouri. Encampment of the travellers on the Missouri.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 13, … Continue reading
Cleaning Day
a cleaning to Day three men Sick all mess arranged, & men makeing Parched meal . . . . I send down Willard to St. Louis—
—William Clark
Jarrot Heads North
Mr. Hays & Amdol arrive from Koho: by Land in the evening Majr Garroes [Nicholas Jarrot’s] Boat come up on his way to Prarie de chaine [Prairie du Chien] loaded with Provisions &, for Sale at that place . . . . those Gentlemen Stay w[it]h me all night
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Thermometr. at rise
Weather Wind at Sunrise Thermometr. at 4 oClock Weather Wind at 4 oClock River 16 above 0 fair fair N E rise 3 ½ in. Capt Lewis went to St Louis. Mr Hay[s] arrive
—William Clark[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.
Winter Camp at Wood River (Camp Dubois) is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site, near Hartford, Illinois, is managed as Lewis and Clark State Historic Site and is open to the public.
Old Cahokia Courthouse is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. The site is managed by the State of Illinois and is open to the public.
In present St. Louis, the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial “commemorates Thomas Jefferson’s vision of the continental expansion of the United States” and is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service.
Notes
| ↑1 | “Bivouac der Reisenden am Missouri. Halte des voyageurs sur le Missouri. Encampment of the travellers on the Missouri.” New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 13, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-c409-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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- The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Day by Day by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). The story in prose, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
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