At Wood River, Clark addresses problems with excessive drinking. Lewis travels between Cahokia and St. Louis gathering intelligence on the upper Louisiana Territory and preparing for departure in the spring.
Whiskey Keg and Bottle
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Discipline Problems
I Issued certain [orders?] & prohibited a Certain [blank] Ramey from Selling Liquer to the Party, Several things Killed to day. Colter [illegible word] Willard Leakens Hall & Collins Drunk.
—William Clark
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.