Winter Camp, Wood River, Illinois
On or near this date, Clark estimates that the expedition will reach the Pacific Ocean by June or July 1805. The hunters bring in several rabbits and two deer.
Mississippi, Missouri, and Wood Rivera
Photo provided by Lewis & Clark State Historic Site, Hartford, Illinois. Used by permission.
Above: The Missouri River enters on the far side of the Mississippi which is flowing right to left. River Dubois—present Wood River—enters from the lower edge. Since 1804, all three rivers have changed course. See The Mouth of the Missouri.
But Little Ice
a Cloudy morning but little Ice runig to day . . . . (I pen an Ordr to Corpl.) . . . . Cought 14 rabits & Killed 2 Deer—
—William Clark
Estimated Trip Times
[1805] [mls] [months] [days] From the mountains to the Ocean in Longtd. 123° W say 10° at 41 miles to a degree
of Longtd. add the windings 650 miles at 10 miles will take
May June and July, [85?] Days650 in 3 0 From the Same place at 12 ms. 54 days, May& June 2 [5?] The time to the Ocean @ 10 ms per Day 11 0 days The Time @ 12 ms. pr day 8 20 days —William Clark, undated field note[1]This table has been created from Moulton, Journals, 2:159 and Ernest S. Osgood, The Field Notes of William Clark, 1803–1805, Document 7 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1964), 19 and … Continue reading
Weather Diary
Therm. at rise
weather wind Therm. at 4 oClock weather wind River 11 above 0 cloudy N E 17 above 0 cloudy N fall Ice Stoped
—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
| ↑1 | This table has been created from Moulton, Journals, 2:159 and Ernest S. Osgood, The Field Notes of William Clark, 1803–1805, Document 7 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1964), 19 and 203. Table borders and shading have been added for clarity. |
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| ↑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. |
