Day-by-Day / February 10, 1804

February 10, 1804

Questions for Indians

Winter Camp at Wood River, IL The day is cold and clear. On or near this date, the captains prepare the many questions for Indians that they should try to answer on their voyage.

Assiniboin Mother and Child

Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952)

A young Indian mother holds her child in a papoose

From the North American Indian. Digitization by Northwestern University Library, 2001. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html.

Questions for the Louisiana Indians

Inquiries relitive to the Indians of Louisiania.

1st. Physical History and Medicine

What is their state of Life as to longivity?
At what age do both sexes usially marry?
How long do the Women usially succle their Children?
What is the diet of their Children after they wean them?
Is polygamy admited among them?
What is the state of the pulse in both sexes, Children, grown persons, and in old age, by feeling the Pulse Morning, Noon, & Night &etc.?
—William Clark[1]Undated and unsigned list written in Clark’s hand. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, … Continue reading

Related: Questions for Indians | Louisiana’s Purchase | Native Nations

 

Weather Diary

Therm at sun symbol rise weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River
3 above 0 fair N.E. 17 above 0 fair S.W rise 1 ft. 4 in.

ice still drifting in considerable quantities, some geese passed fr S.
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of month 1804” column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

Related: Thermometers and Temperatures | Weather Observations

 
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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.

Notes

Notes
↑1 Undated and unsigned list written in Clark’s hand. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 157.
↑2 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of month 1804” column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.

Discover More

  • 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.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals: An American Epic of Discovery (abridged) by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 2003). Selected journal excerpts, 14 May 1804–23 September 1806.
  • The Lewis and Clark Journals. by Gary E. Moulton (University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001). The complete story in 13 volumes.

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Unless otherwise noted, journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton, 13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983-2001).