Winter Camp at Wood River, IL The day at winter camp is cold and very windy. Clark measures the altitude of the sun, and Lewis continues to work at Cahokia and St. Louis.
Early Thermometer by Donegani & Company, Philadelphia.
From the private collection of John Connolly.
Cold Blustery Day
a Verry Cold blustering day & in Doneyan Co: Thermometer one oClock in the open air the mercuria fell to 21 D. below the freezing point [11° F]
—William Clark
Celestial Observations
I took the altitude of the suns L. L. and made it 57° 16 0 N by the Sexton
—William Clark
Furious Winds
all the after part of the Day the wind so high that the View up the Missouris appeared Dredfull, as the wind blew off the Sand with fury as to Almost darken that part of the atmespear this added to agutation of the water apd. truly gloomy
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Therm. at rise
weather wind Therm. at 4 oClock weather wind River 2 ½ above 0 fair NW. W wind blew hard
—Meriwether Lewis and William Clark[1]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
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