Onawa, IA After waiting for the fog to clear, the expedition sets out a 7:30 in the morning. Clark and Charles Floyd hunt along an old river channel and determine that the new channel shortened the river by fifteen miles.
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Foggy Start
The fog being thick detained us untile half pasd. 7 oClock at which time we Set out and proceeded on under Gentle Breeze from the S E
—William Clark
New River Channel
came to a place where the river by cutting through a narrow neck of land, reduced the distance fifteen miles.
—Patrick Gass
“Order of encampment of a regiment making but one battalion.”
Steuben, Regulations (1794).
Onawa Camp
Clark killed a Turkey & Joined us towards evening. we camped on S. S. of the River The Musquetoes more troublesome than ever.—
—John Ordway
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. |
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