At Camp River Dubois in Illinois, Clark and fur trader John Hay organize the many goods that will be used as diplomatic gifts for the Native Nations the expedition will soon meet. Popular gifts include scissors, fishhooks, iron strikers, and metallic buttons.
Gifts of Diplomacy
Trade Goods
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prepareing to pack up Indians goods
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Thermometr. at rise
Weather Wind at Sunrise Thermometr. at 4 oClock Weather Wind at 4 oClock River 36 above [0] thunder, lightning, rain W. 70 above fair S W. fall 8 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.
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Notes
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