Winter Camp at Wood River, IL The day begins with sub-zero temperatures, and trouble brews when some of the enlisted men disobey Sgt. Ordway’s orders. In Washington City, the Secretary of War orders Major Bruff to replace Amos Stoddard as military commander of Upper Louisiana.
Expedition Stores
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Sgt. Floyd’s Duties
Detachment Orders
Camp River Dubois, Febr. 20th 1804Floyd will take charge of our quartes and store and be exempt from guard duty untill our return, the commanding Officer hopes that this proof of his confidence will be justifyed by the rigid performance of the orders given him on that subject.—
Meriwether Lewis Capt.
1st. U.S. Regt. Infty.
A Change in Command
War Department 1st March 1804
Thos. H. Cushing
SIR, You will please to order Major Bruff to repair to upper Louisiana to take Command of that Department—He should be at Massac by the 1st of May—You will direct Capt: Stoddard to send a suitable Boat with a noncommissioned Officer and four men to Massac by the 25th of April to wait at that place until the Major arrives, to convey him up the River—
. . . . .
I am &ca
[Henry Dearborn]
Weather Diary
Therm at rise
weather wind Therm at 4 Oclk weather wind River 12 below 0 fair N W 4 above 0 N W fall 9 inches —Meriwether Lewis and 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.
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
| ↑1 | Clarence E. Carter, The Territorial Papers of the United States (Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1948), 13:16–17 including notes, digitized by Google books. |
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| ↑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. |
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