Winter Camp at Wood River, IL Clark has the men prepare the barge for its journey up the Missouri. He also sends a man out to check that the Kickapoo war party went home.
The Barge
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Working on the Boat
Set the workmen to work about the Boat, Sent a man to examine if the Indians had recrossed home. butifull weath river Missories rise
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Therm at rise
weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River 30 above 0 fair N W 48 above 0 fair N W fall 2 in. butifull weath river Missories rise
—Meriwether Lewis and William Clark[1]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
| ↑1 | To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations. |
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