On a wet morning, the expedition sets out with an ample supply of tobacco and flour obtained from trader James Aird. They stop to visit Sgt. Floyd’s grave and camp early to dry out near present Dakota City, Nebraska.
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by Yellowstone Public Radio[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading
Visiting Floyd’s Grave
Painting created by Split Rock Studios, Sioux City, Iowa. Original in the collection of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and photographed by Kristopher K. Townsend.
The captains consider Charles Floyd‘s grave while Seaman ponders the expansive view.
A Pause to Visit Floyd’s Grave
at meridian we came too at Floyds Bluff below the Enterance of Floyds river and assended the hill, with Capt Lewis and Several men, found the grave had been opened by the nativs and left half Covered. we had this grave Completely filled up, and returned to the Canoes and proceeded on
—William Clark
A Miserable Morning
The Musquitors became troublesom early this morning I rose at the usial hour found all the party as wet as rain could make them.
—William Clark
Hopi Corn
Courtesy U.S. National Park Service, Wupatki National Monument.
Trading Corn for Flour
Mr. Airs also insisted on our accepting a barrel of flour—we gave to this gentleman what Corn we Could Spear amounting to about 6 bushels . . . . The flower was very acceptable to us. we have yet a little flour part of what we carried up from the Illinois as high as Maria’s river and buried it there untill our return &c
—William Clark
Weather Diary
State of the weather at Sun rise Course of the wind at Sun rise State of the weather at 4 oClock Course of wind at 4 P. M fair after rain thunder & lightning S. E fair S E at 6 P. M a violent Storm of Thunder Lightng and rain untill 10 P. M when it ceased to rain and blew hard from N W untill 3 A. M.
—William Clark[2]To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is not presented and some abbreviations have been spelled out.
The Sergeant Floyd Monument 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 Sioux City Museum.
Notes
| ↑1 | Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio. |
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| ↑2 | To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is not presented and some abbreviations have been spelled out. |
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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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