Bear Den Creek, ND Below the Little Knife River, Lewis’s and Clark’s two groups enjoy a reunion. They share stories, abandon Sgt. Pryor’s bull boats, and proceed on as one group, something they have not done since 30 June 1806. Lewis writes his last daily journal entry.
Missouri River near Four Bears Village
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Treating Lewis’s Wound
my wounds felt very stiff and soar this morning but gave me no considerable pain. there was much less inflamation than I had reason to apprehend there would be. I had last evening applyed a poltice of peruvian barks.
—Meriwether Lewis
Repairing a Bull Boat
one of the Canoes of Buffalow Skin by accident got a hole peirced in her of about 6 inches diamuter. I derected two of the men to patch the Canoe with a piece of Elk skin over the hole, which they did and it proved all Sufficient, after which the Canoe did not leak one drop.
—William Clark
Reunion
at meridian Capt Lewis hove in Sight with the party which went by way of the Missouri as well as that which accompanied him from Travellers rest on Clarks river; I was alarmed on the landing of the Canoes to be informed that Capt. Lewis was wounded by an accident—.
—William Clark
All Together
at 2 P. M. Shannon & Gibson arived in the Skin Canoe with the Skins and the greater part of the flesh of 3 Elk which they had killed a fiew miles above. the two men Dixon & Handcock the two men we had met above came down intending to proceed on down with us to the Mandans. at 3 P M we proceded on all together having left the 2 leather Canoes on the bank.
—William Clark
Lewis Stops Journaling
as wrighting in my present situation is extreemly painfull to me I shall desist untill I recover and leave to my frind Capt. C. the continuation of our journal.
—Meriwether Lewis
Weather Diaries
State of the weather at rise
Wind at State of the weather at 4 P. M. Wind at 4 P. M. fair N W wind violent last night.
—Meriwether Lewis
State of the weather at Sun rise State of wind at Sunrise State of the weather at 4 P. M. Wind at 4 P. M. State of river fair S. W. cloudy S W. fall 2 ¼ in. Capt. Lewis overtake me with the party
—William Clark[1]To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is omitted, some abbreviations have been spelled out, and the three river columns have been merged.
Notes
| ↑1 | To assist the reader of this web page, the date column is omitted, some abbreviations have been spelled out, and the three river columns have been merged. |
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