Winter Camp at Wood River, IL On or near this date, Lewis builds a form that will be used to collect and collate information about the Louisiana Indians. At winter camp, Clark writes that “nothing material” happens today.
Estimate of Eastern the Indians (detail)
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American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia.
Nothing Material Happens
a Cloudy day one of my party Killed 7 Turkeys last night at roost— Continue working at the huts— The Ice run, This day is moderate, two men Willard & Corpl. Roberson [Robinson] Came home to day at about 11 oClock, Corpl White house [Whitehouse] & York Comce [commenced] sawing with the whip Saws— nothing material—
—William Clark
Estimate of the Eastern Indians
Cahokia December 28th 1803.
Dear Sir,
I drew out a form on paper containing 13 or 14 columns, which I headed with such subjects as appeared to me most important to be known relative to the Indians; I have some of these in circulation; and expect to receive one or more of them in a few days.
MERIWETHER LEWIS. CAPT.
1st. U.S. Regt. Infty.[1]Lewis to Jefferson. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 154.
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 | Lewis to Jefferson. Donald Jackson, ed. Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents: 1783-1854, 2nd ed. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1978), 154. |
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