Day-by-Day / September 30, 1804

September 30, 1804

Sailing away

Little Bend Rec. Area, SD The expedition meets a band of Sioux who invite the captains to stop and eat with them. The captains decline and give them some tobacco. An accident induces a Sioux chief to leave the the barge.

The Expedition May Proceed[1]Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © … Continue reading

Three-point blanket, Tobacco, and Trade Knife

Wool blanket, tightly wrapped tobacco, and a hunting knife

© 2014 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

One More Teton Sioux Encampment

observed a large band of Indians the Same which I had before Seen on the hills . . . . took them by the hand and Sent to each Chief a Carrot of tobacco . . . . we Could not delay any time, & refured them to Mr. Duron . . . . we appoligised & proceeded on
—William Clark

Related: Lakota Sioux Difficulties | Pierre by Air

Boat Accident

we proceeded on under a verry Stiff Breeze from the S. E, the Stern of the boat got fast on a log and the boat turned & was verry near filling before we got her righted, the waves being verry high
—William Clark

Related: The Barge (called the ‘boat’ or ‘barge’ but never the ‘keelboat’)

Partisan’s Bad Medicine

[The Chief] Said he thought our Boat was a medicine & he would go no further with us. we then put him to Shore our Captains Gave him a Blanket, Some tobacco a knife and Some other Small articles. he then Set of to return to his Band. We Sailed on verry fast. came 24 miles this day. Camped on a Sand bar on N. S.
—John Ordway

 

Weather Diary

Thermot. at sun symbol rise Weather Wind at sun symbol rise thermotr. at 4 P.M. Weather Wind at 4 oC. P.M
42 above Cloudy after rain S. E. 52 Cloudy after rain S. E.

passed the remainder of the band. gave tobacco, the chief left us
—Meriwether Lewis[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some of the abbreviations.

Related: Thermometers and Temperatures | Weather Observations

Notes

Notes
↑1 Originally aired weekdays by Yellowstone Public Radio during the Bicentennial observance of 2003-2006. Narrated by Hal Hansen. Scripts by Whit Hansen and Ed Jacobson. Produced by Leni Holliman. © 2003 by Yellowstone Public Radio.
↑2 To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of the month” column and spelled out some of the abbreviations.

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).