Winter Camp, Wood River, Illinois
In a letter to Clark, Lewis describes the new recruits from Tennessee who are now in Cahokia. He also recommends Clark assign two men to saw boards.
Two Sawyers
Photo provided by Lewis & Clark State Historic Site, Hartford, Illinois. Used by permission. (Altered: background changed to early winter)
New Blacksmith and Carpenter
Cahokia December 17th 1803.
Dear Captain,
Among the party from Tennissee is a blacksmith and House-joiner—these may be of service in our present situation.
M. LEWIS[1]Lewis to Clark. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 144.
Sawyers Needed
If two men could be spared from building the hutts, would it not be better to set them at sawing of boards. Hennebury informed me . . . that he knew a person in the neighborhood who had a whip-saw . . . . You can obtain corn for the horses by application to Hennebury or any person who has the care of Morrison’s farm.
M. LEWIS[2]Ibid.
Parts of an Octant
Celestial Observations
a Cold fine morning Towok [Took] equal altitudes . . . . Missed the altidude at 12 oClock with the quadrent
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.
Old Cahokia Courthouse 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 State of Illinois and is open to the public.
