Day-by-Day / March 14, 1804

March 14, 1804

Native American agriculture

Winter Camp at Wood River, IL The captains continue in St. Louis and Cahokia leaving the soldiers at camp under the charge of Sgt. Ordway. Sometime during this period Clark records questions for the Louisiana Indians.

Mandan Produce

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Native American Agriculture

Inquiries relitive to the Indians of Louisiania.

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5th. Agriculture and Domestic economy

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Do they obtain by the Cultivation of the soil their principal mantainence?
What species of grain or pulse do they cultivate?
What are their implements of husbandry, and in what manner do they use them?
Have they any domestic anamals & what are they?
Do their men engage in agriculture or any other domestic employments.
—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

Weather Diary

Therm at rise weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River

12 above 0 fair N E 18 above 0 fair N E fall 4 ½ in.

—Meriwether Lewis and 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.

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), 159.
↑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.

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).