Day-by-Day / July 22, 1804

July 22, 1804

White Catfish Camp

Near present Bellevue, Nebraska, the expedition sets up a camp that would be known as White Catfish Camp. The captains find a shady place near to rest and arrange a council with the Otoes, and Lewis describes his astronomical instruments.

Otoe Gifts and Formalities

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

Study of the White Pirogue

Charles Fritz

10″ x 6″ oil on board

Painting of a white sail boat

© 2009 by Charles Fritz. Used by permission.

Related: The White Pirogue

Setting Up Camp

deturmined to Stay here 4 or 5 days to take & make obsvts. & refresh our men also to Send Despatches back to govement— . . . and Send for Some of the Chiefs of that [Otoe] nation to let them Know of the Change of Government, The wishes of our Government to Cultivate friendship with them, the Objects of our journey
—William Clark

Related: Trail Diplomacy | Estimate of the Eastern Indians

Scientific Instruments

A summary discription of the apparatus employed in the following observations; containing also some remarks on the manner in which they have been employed, and the method observed in recording the observations made with them.—
—Meriwether Lewis

Related: Deciphering the Celestial Data by Robert N. Bergantino | Formal Navigation by John Logan Allen

 
logo: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail logo: National Park Service

White Catfish Camp is a High Potential Historic Site along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Across from White Catfish Camp, on the Nebraska side, the Fontenelle Forest provides trails and Lewis and Clark interpretation.

 

Notes

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.

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).