At Camp River Dubois, the enlisted men are busy making ready for their voyage up the Missouri. Fur trader John Hay and Cpt. Clark nearly finish sorting and packing the diplomatic gifts into bundles—each designated to be given to a specific Nation. Across the Mississippi, Cpt. Lewis works in St. Louis.
Crates and Bales
Fort Mandan Visitors Center
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Packing Nearly Finished
all hands at work mr. Hay nearly finish packing up goods . . . . Mr McClain arrive.
—William Clark
Weather Diary
Thermometr. at rise
Weather Wind at Sunrise Thermometr. at 4 oClock Weather Wind at 4 oClock River 26 above [0] fair S E 64 above fair N. E. fall 6 in. white frost, Slight did but little injurey—.
—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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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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