At Camp River Dubois, Clark has the enlisted men pack corn, salted pork, flour, and other provisions needed for the upcoming trip. He also writes a speech to be delivered by trader Lewis Crawford to the Iowa People and other Sioux Nations.
US Capt. M. Lewis
Pork
Fort Mandan Visitors Center. Photo © 2013 by Kristopher K. Townsend. Permission to use granted under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Packing Provisions
all day Packing Provision Setled account with the Contractor for all the Issuses to the first of the month &. what Provisions he had furnished
—William Clark
Envoy to Iowa Nation
Mr Crawford sent his Canoo by to a [tear, perhaps word missing] speach to the Sioux & Iowoy Indians
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Thermometr. at rise
Weather Wind at Sunrise Thermometr. at 4 oClock Weather Wind at 4 oClock River 52 above 0 cloudy after rain N W rise 11 in. —William Clark[2]To assist the reader, the editor of this web page has omitted the date column, merged the “River” columns, and spelled out some abbreviations.
Experience the Lewis and Clark Trail
The Lewis and Clark Trail Experience—our sister site at lewisandclark.travel—connects the world to people and places on the Lewis and Clark Trail.
Plan a trip related to April 4, 1804:
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.
