Day-by-Day / August 28, 1804

August 28, 1804

The red pirogue nearly sinks

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Yankton, SD In windy conditions, a snag punches a hole in the red pirogue. They set up camp near Calumet Bluff to repair the boat and to meet the Yankton Sioux.

Calumet Bluff

By Edward Grosvenor. Permission via Creative Common License 4.0.

The Red Pirogue Nearly Sinks

one of the Perogues run a Snag thro her and was near Sinking in the opinions of the Crew . . . . after examoning her & finding that She was unfit for Service deturmined to Send her back by the party Some load which was in the Perogue much inju’d
—William Clark

Calumet Bluff

we came too below the Calumet Bluff and formed a camp in a Butifull Plain near the foot of the high land which rises with a gradual assent near this Bluff I observe more timber in the valey & on the points than usial—
—William Clark

Colter Sent to Find Shannon

Shannon had the horses a head . . . . This man not being a first rate Hunter, we deturmined to Send one man in pursute of him with Some Provisions.—
—William Clark

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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