With waters raising around winter camp, the enlisted men are able to move the barge to a safer spot up the Wood River. Clark discharges Pvt. ‘Leakens’ 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.
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 February 4, 1804:
- Winter Camp at Wood River (Camp Dubois)
- Along the Mississippi (Inspiration Trip)
- Around St. Louis (Inspiration Trip)
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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