Day-by-Day / November 27, 1803

November 27, 1803

A bold point of rocks

Horse Island, MO The expedition travels about thirteen miles up the Mississippi camping opposite present-day Chester, Illinois. Lewis describes the range of hills forming Cinque Hommes Cape.

Up the Mississippi

Watercolor by Steve Ludeman

The military barge and two pirogues are dwarfed by the Mississippi River and hills

© 2023 by Steve Ludeman, www.steveludemanfineart.com. Used by permission.

Above: the three vessels under sail, ascending the Mississippi River. At this point in their journey, to accompany their barge, the Lewis and Clark Expedition had acquired two pirogue vessels: one white and one red. I did this painting on a beautiful September day, at a scenic overlook next to Fort Kaskaskia, Illinois. On November 28, 1803, they arrived at the Fort with about 24 men.—Steve Ludeman

A Bold Point of Rocks

This is a bold point of rocks forming the extremity of a range of hills which have continued on our Lard quarter for a considerable distance the Creek of the same name which puts in just above it is 20 miles in length and has a considerable number of inhabitants on it, and as many as three gristmills.—
—Meriwether Lewis

 

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).