Day-by-Day / January 30, 1805

January 30, 1805

Mr. Larocque's rejection

Fort Mandan, ND Fur trader François-Antoine Larocque comes to get his compass fixed and to check on his horses. The captains deny his request to join the expedition.

Mr. Larocque’s Rejection

Mr. La Rocke [François-Antoine Larocque] paid us a Visit, & we gave him an answer respecting the request he made when last here of accompanying us on our Journey &c. [Nicholas Biddle: refused]
William Clark

Heated Rocks Fail

I went up the river and found another kind of stones, which broke in the same manner: so our batteaux and periogues remained fast in the ice.
Patrick Gass

 

Weather Diary

Ther. at sun symbol rise Weather Wind at sun symbol rise Thert. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 P.M. River
6 [above 0] cloudy N W 14 [above 0] cloudy N W raise 1 in.

Meriwether Lewis[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.

Notes

Notes
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.

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