Winter Camp at Wood River, IL The morning is clear and cold, and the trees are covered in ice. On or near this day, Clark predicts the expedition will return to St. Louis before the end of 1805.
A Beautiful Morning
Mississippi River Scene
Courtesy U.S. National Park Service, Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, Gordon Dietzman, photographer.
a Butifull morning Clear Sunshine the wi[n]ds ligh[t] from the N W, the Thermometer at 9 oClock Stood at 4° abo 0, (I take fesick)
—William Clark
Estimated Return Times
[mls] [months] [days] 1805{ (Delay 15 days) Returning from the Ocean to the river 650 miles @ 10 ms. pr Day is 65 days Viz: 15 in August, Septr. 20 in Octr. 650 in 3 0 do— Viz in 65 Days m at 12 m pr Day 54 Day, 15 July Augt. 9 in Septr 1 24 ditto to the Mandens @ 20 ms pr. Day 45 Days Septr. Octr— 900 1 21 ditto @ to the mouth Nov. & Dec @ [blank] 2 0 Returning to the Mandan @ 10 pr 3 26 do do at 12 do 3 15 —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), 20 and … Continue reading
Weather Diary
Therm. at rise
weather wind Therm. at 4 oClock weather wind River 4 above 0 cloudy N W 11 above 0 cloudy W fall The Trees covered with ice to day
—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), 20 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. |
