Winter Camp at Wood River, IL With waters raising, the soldiers are able to move the barge up the Wood River. Clark discharges one of the enlisted men for stealing.
The Barge Replica
Provided by the U.S. Army Center of Military History.
Discharging Leakens
Discharge Leakens for theift with a Small Correction
—William Clark
Moving the Barge
in the Evening the River Covered with large Sheetes of Ice from both rivers, the River & Creek rised Suffecent to take the boat up the Creek some distance moderate day
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Therm at rise
weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River 17 above 0 fair S.W. 28 above 0 fair S. rise ½ in. frost, considerable number of swan & Geese from N & S.
—Meriwether Lewis[1]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the “day of month 1804” 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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