Day-by-Day / November 28, 1803

November 28, 1803

Separate Kaskaskia arrivals

Fort Kaskaskia, IL On a foggy morning, Clark is healthy enough to take charge of the boats. He leaves from camp near Horse Island making nearly fifteen miles. Lewis travels by land to Fort Kaskaskia where he will stay for several days.

Mississippi River

View South from Trail of Tears State Park

Wide river among low hills

Courtesy U.S. National Park Service, Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.

Lewis by Land, Clark by Water

This morning left Capt Clark in charge of the Boat
—Meriwether Lewis

Set out this morning of 8 oClock from the lower point of the horse Island
—William Clark

Related: Up the Mississippi

Kaskaskia Landing

the Current much Swifter than usial Passed an Island on the Larbd. side, also one on the Starbd side abov that on the Larbd. and after passing some verry swift water which was comfd [confined?] between Sand bars, I arrived at the Landing opposit old St. Genevie,
—William Clark

Related: The Pirogues | The Barge (called boat, barge, and bateau but never keelboat)

 

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).